GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. TEXIDO

No. 1998/030.

89 F.Supp.2d 680 (2000)

GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellee, v. Jose Manuel Lopez TEXIDO, Appellant.

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

March 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martial A. Webster, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for appellant.

Maureen Phelan Cormier, Virgin Islands Dept. of Justice, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for appellee.

BEFORE: RAYMOND L. FINCH, Chief Judge, District Court of the Virgin Islands; THOMAS K. MOORE, Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands; and VERNE A. HODGE, Presiding Judge of the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands, Sitting by Designation.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

Jose Texido ["Texido" or "appellant"] was convicted of the kidnaping and rape of a 5-year-old girl pursuant to V.I.CODE ANN., tit. 14 §§ 1700, 1052. He raises the following issues on appeal: 1) whether appellant's constitutional right to confront witnesses was violated when the trial court denied appellant's request to cross-examination a witness about that witness' employment history for the purpose of showing...

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