GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. CARMONA

No. 17600.

422 F.2d 95 (1970)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Ernesto CARMONA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Tonkin, Christiansted, V. I., for appellant.

Vincent A. Colianni, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for appellee.

Before BIGGS, KALODNER and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Ernesto Carmona from a conviction of first degree felony murder and a sentence of life imprisonment. The killing took place on the Island of Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands in the course of an alleged robbery. See Title 14, Virgin Islands Code, Section 922(a) (2).1

In the late afternoon of August 6, 1968, Carmona, Lydia Vasquez, Carmen Cruz and Carlos Hardouin...

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