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LETTSOME v. WAGGONER

Civ. No. 1986/524.

672 F.Supp. 858 (1987)

Ulysses A. LETTSOME, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Charles S. WAGGONER, Defendant/Appellant.

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

August 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Ann Rich (argued), Joseph Bruce Wm Arellano, Law Offices of Campbell & Arellano, James L. Hymes III, Law Offices of James Hymes, III, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for defendant/appellant.

Bennett Chan (argued), Law Offices of Desmond L. Maynard, St. Thomas, U.S. V.I., for plaintiff/appellee.

Before CHRISTIAN, Presiding Judge, O'BRIEN, District Judge, and FINCH, Territorial Court Judge.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Before us today is this novel question: does an executive pardon of one convicted for assault, which by its terms purports to expunge the judicial records of the conviction, and because of which an appeal is mooted, preclude the collateral use of the conviction in a subsequent civil matter? For the following reasons we hold that it does not, and we affirm the trial court.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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