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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. SALDANA

Crim. No. 1975/181.

412 F.Supp. 83 (1976)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. Carlito Rivera SALDANA and Manuel Rivera Mercado, Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix.

April 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Eric Moore, Asst. U. S. Atty., Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for plaintiff, Government of Virgin Islands.

Joseph L. Costello, Bryant, Costello, Burke & Scott, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for defendant Carlito Rivera Saldana.

Edgar D. Ross, Hodge, Sheen, Finch & Ross, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for defendant Manuel Rivera Mercado.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WARREN H. YOUNG, District Judge.

On February 19, 1976, Carlito Rivera Saldana and Manuel Rivera Mercado were convicted by a duly impanelled and sworn jury of the crime of Voluntary Manslaughter, 14 V.I.C. § 924(1), for the unlawful killing of Nelson Poleon. Four days later, defendant Saldana filed a Motion for Judgment of Acquittal or, in the alternative, for a New Trial pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 29(c) and 33. As grounds therefor...

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