ALI v. GIBSON

Civ. No. 76-535.

483 F.Supp. 1102 (1979)

Ishmail Muslim ALI (Formerly Ishmael S. LaBeet), Petitioner, v. Winston GIBSON, Commissioner of Public Safety, Respondent, United States Bureau of Prisons, Intervenor.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas and St. John.

As Amended January 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Alexis, Federal Public Defender, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for petitioner.

Ive Arlington Swan, Atty. Gen., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for respondent, Julio A. Brady, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., by Special Appointment of counsel.

Ishmael A. Meyers, U. S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for intervenor, by Henry E. Davis, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C.


OPINION

CHRISTIAN, Chief Judge.

INTRODUCTION

On September 6, 1972, in broad daylight, a group of armed, masked men virtually invaded the clubhouse of the Fountain Valley Golf Course. After having robbed guests and employees alike, they indiscriminately opened fire on their defenseless victims, killing eight persons and wounding several others.

Some days later five men were arrested and charged with the crimes. They have come to be known...

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