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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. ORTIZ

No. 18193.

427 F.2d 1043 (1970)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Salvador Santiago ORTIZ, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander A. Farrelly, Birch, deJongh & Farrelly, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellant.

Robert M. Carney, U. S. Atty., St. Thomas, V. I., for appellee.

Before HASTIE, Chief Judge, and GANEY and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HASTIE, Chief Judge.

The appellant Ortiz is being held without bail under an information filed by the United States Attorney in the District Court of the Virgin Islands charging Ortiz with first degree murder under section 922(a) (1) of title 14 of the Virgin Islands Code. After the information issued, Ortiz petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his arrest in Puerto Rico and return to the Virgin Islands were illegal...

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