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SANCHEZ v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

D.C.Crim.App. No. 94-84.

921 F.Supp. 297 (1996)

Jose Ivan SANCHEZ, Appellant, v. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellee.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix.

Filed April 2, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W.L. Willocks, Chief Territorial Public Defender, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for Appellant.

Elliott M. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, V.I. Department of Justice, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for Appellee.

Before MOORE, Chief Judge, District Court of the Virgin Islands; FINCH, District Court Judge of the Virgin Islands; and ISHMAEL A. MEYERS, Territorial Court Judge of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John, Sitting by Designation.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ISHMAEL A. MEYERS, Territorial Court Judge.

Jose Ivan Sanchez ["Sanchez" or "appellant"] appeals his conviction of involuntary manslaughter. Appellant contends that the Territorial Court erred in (1) failing to dismiss his case because the Government had not met its burden of showing the absence of self-defense, (2) improperly instructing the jury on the use of self-defense, and (3) failing...

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