GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. HENDRICKS

No. 72-1911.

476 F.2d 776 (1973)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Valdemar HENDRICKS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Nichols, Nichols & Silverlight, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellant.

Julio A. Brady, Asst. U. S. Atty., Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellee.

Before VAN DUSEN, ROSENN and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Hendricks was convicted of both of two counts of selling heroin in violation of 19 V.I.C. § 604(a) and was sentenced to ten-to-fifteen years on each count, to be served consecutively. He asserts here that the district court erred in regard to jury selection, jury instructions, and sentencing. We affirm.

The circumstances of the two sales are essentially the same. The police employed one...

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