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PARROTT v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

No. 99-3688.

230 F.3d 615 (2000)

Roy Sylvester PARROTT, Appellant, v. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed October 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam G. Christian, Esquire (Argued) Hodge & Francois, 1340 Taarnederg Road Charlotte Amelie, St. Thomas USVI, 00802, Attorney for Appellant.

Iver A. Stridiron, Attorney General, Frederick Handleman, Solicitor General, Maureen P. Cormier, (Argued), Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 48B-50 Kronprindsens Gade GERs Bldg., 2nd Floor Charlotte Amelie, St. Thomas USVI, 00802, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before SLOVITER, ROTH and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

Roy Parrott is currently serving a life sentence for a 1976 murder conviction, based on a violation of Virgin Islands territorial law. He is appealing the dismissal by the District Court of the Virgin Islands of his petition for collateral relief under the Virgin Islands habeas statute, § 1303, Title 5 of the V.I. Code. Parrott's claim poses a variation on issues we have been facing when we interpret the 1984...

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