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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. GEREAU

Nos. 73-1775 to 73-1779 and Nos. 73-1873 to 73-1877.

502 F.2d 914 (1974)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Beaumont GEREAU, Appellant in Nos. 73-1775 and 73-1873, et al. Appeal of Ishmael La BEET in No. 73-1776 and No. 73-1874. Appeal of Warren BALLANTINE, in No. 73-1777 and No. 73-1875. Appeal of Meral SMITH, in No. 73-1778 and No. 73-1876. Appeal of Raphael JOSEPH, in No. 73-1779 and No. 73-1877.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kunstler, New York City, for appellant Beaumont Gereau.

Margaret L. Ratner, New York City, for appellant Warren Ballantine.

Chauncey Eskridge, McCoy, Ming & Black, Chicago, Ill., for appellant Ishmael La Beet.

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

Ronald T. Mitchell, Mitchell & Hunter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellant Raphael Joseph.

Julio A. Brady, U. S. Atty., Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., John Barry, Richard S. Zackin, Asst. U. S. Attys., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and VAN DUSEN and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

Appeals are taken here from defendants-appellants' conviction, after trial to a jury in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and sentencing for murder, assault and robbery1 and from denial of their motion for a new trial. Because the factual basis for the appeals is somewhat complex, we will elaborate the facts, as relevant, in our discussion...

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