High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rafael Martínez Torres (born 1959) is a Puerto Rican jurist. Since 2009 he has served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.Martínez was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico. He received a bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Afterwards, he received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, where he served as Editor of the Law Review. Martínez was also research assistant of José Julián Álvarez, a prominent Constitutional Law professor.