U.S. v. ROEBUCK

No. CR.2002-171.

289 F.Supp.2d 678 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff, v. Harold ROEBUCK Defendant.

District Court, Virgin Islands, St. Croix Division.

November 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Azekah E. Jennings, Eausa, Ernest F. Batenga, Ausa, St. Croix, VI, for the plaintiff.

Lee J. Rohn, St. Croix, VI, for the defendant.


MEMORANDUM

MOORE, District Judge.

Only a psychic pleader could allege that because a defendant has published uncomplimentary statements concerning a judge, the latter will be unable to give his critic a fair and impartial trial. If such a fantastic procedure were permitted, a defendant could get rid of a judge by the simple expedient of publishing a scurrilous article, truthfully alleging that the article was published, and clinching the matter by asserting...

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