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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. RIJOS

Crim. Nos. 4 of 1968, 55 of 1967.

285 F.Supp. 126 (1968)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Juan Colon RIJOS. UNITED STATES of America v. Juan Colon RIJOS.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. Saint Croix.

June 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Almeric L. Christian, U. S. Atty., United States District Court, Christiansted, V. I., for plaintiff.

Ronald H. Tonkin, James, Hodge & Tonkin, Christiansted, V. I., for defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

CLARY, Chief Judge (sitting by special designation).

The defendant, Juan Colon Rijos, a resident of the Virgin Islands, is charged by the United States with the unlawful importation of a narcotic drug (heroin) into the Virgin Islands, in violation of a Federal statute which forbids such importation. 21 U.S.C. § 174 (No. 55 of 1967). He is also charged by the Government of the Virgin Islands on three other counts, namely: (1) the unlawful...

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