GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. ROSA

No. 04-1846.

399 F.3d 283 (2005)

GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellant, v. Jose Alberto ROSA.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed February 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iver A. Stridiron, Attorney General, Elliott M. Davis, Solicitor General, Maureen Phelan (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, for Appellant.

G. Luz A. James (argued), Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, for Appellee.

Before SLOVITER, FUENTES, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.


GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This matter comes on before this court on an appeal by the Government of the Virgin Islands from an order of the District Court of the Virgin Islands entered March 11, 2004, reversing Jose Alberto Rosa's conviction for first-degree murder at a jury trial in the territorial court. Rosa and Victor Ramos were tried jointly in the territorial court after being charged in a criminal information with...

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