GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. PENN

Crim. No. 91-38.

838 F.Supp. 1054 (1993)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. William PENN, Defendant.

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

August 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan R. Via, Asst. U.S. Atty., D.V.I., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI, for plaintiff.

Iver A. Stridiron, Charlotte Amalie, VI, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

McGLYNN, District Judge, Sitting by Designation.

Before the court, in this prosecution for rape, is the government's motion in limine for pretrial determination of the admissibility of deoxyribonucleic acid ("DNA") profiling test results.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The defendant William Penn is charged with raping a woman on March 1, 1991. After the incident was reported, the Virgin Islands Police Department...

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