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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. CIVIL

Nos. 78-1350, 78-1351.

591 F.2d 255 (1979)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. James CIVIL and Cymandy James.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ishmael A. Meyers, U. S. Atty., Mark L. Milligan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellee.

Kenneth R. Lindquist, R. L. (Mona) Jones, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for James Civil.

Judith L. Bourne, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for Cymandy James.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

A Virgin Islands statute repealed after defendants' trial required that accomplice testimony be corroborated before conviction could be had. Concluding that the repealed statute is applicable to crimes committed before its revocation, and finding no corroboration against one defendant, we vacate his conviction. We also hold that a coconspirator is an accomplice within the meaning

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