GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. JAMES

No. 89-3757.

934 F.2d 468 (1991)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. JAMES, Irving, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea Smith, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. V.I., for appellant.

Richard K. Harris, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. V.I., for appellee.

Before GREENBERG, COWEN and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Pursuant to Rule 12(6) December 7, 1990.

OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

Irving James appeals his conviction for first degree robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm in the District Court of the Virgin Islands. Appellant claims that his Sixth Amendment right to assistance of counsel was unconstitutionally infringed upon when he was allowed to represent himself at trial without being fully apprised...

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