GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. LIMA

Nos. 84-3040, 84-3713.

774 F.2d 1245 (1985)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellee, v. Jose LIMA, Sr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander A. Farrelly (argued), Birch, deJongh and Farrelly, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellant.

James W. Diehm, U.S. Atty., Terry M. Halpern (argued), Hugh P. Mabe, III, Asst. U.S. Attys., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellee.

Before ADAMS, GARTH, and EDWARD R. BECKER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

EDWARD R. BECKER, Circuit Judge.

Jose Lima, Sr. appeals his conviction by the District Court of the Virgin Islands, after a bench trial, of burglary in the first degree, three counts of assault in the third degree, and possession of a firearm during the crime of violence. He challenges: (1) the sufficiency of the district court's findings of guilt; (2) the district court's refusal to grant a new trial on the grounds of alleged newly...

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