GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. PARROTT

No. 76-1688.

551 F.2d 553 (1977)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Roy Sylvester PARROTT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julio A. Brady, U.S. Atty., Ishmael A. Meyers, Asst. U.S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellee.

Alexander A. Farrelly, Birch, De Jongh & Farrelly, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellant.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

Defendant Roy Sylvester Parrott appeals his convictions of first-degree murder and of possession of an unlicensed firearm. 14 V.I.C. §§ 922(a)(1), 2253.

According to the evidence produced by the Government, defendant and decedent Webb met on January 7, 1976, at a basketball court in New Tutu, St. Thomas, to discuss a sale of drugs. After they had agreed to a price, defendant told Webb that he would...

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