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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. CRUZ

No. 72-1274.

478 F.2d 712 (1973)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Roberto CRUZ, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy A. Mercer, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellant.

Joel D. Sacks, U. S. Atty., Julio A. Brady, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellee.

Before VAN DUSEN, ROSENN and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge.

The defendant Roberto Cruz was convicted on February 10, 1972, by a jury in the district court of the Virgin Islands of selling heroin in violation of 19 V.I.C. § 604(a). His motion for a judgment of acquittal or, in the alternative, for a new trial was denied by the district court, and he was sentenced to ten-to-fifteen years in prison with a special three year parole term in addition thereto....

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