Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Hipolito Rivera Solis
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 24, 1964No. 14624_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStaley, Circuit Judge
The appellant, together with his brother, was tried and convicted of first degree murder in the District Court of the Virgin Islands. His appeal from a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment challenges the admission into evidence of a confession elicited from him during the period between the time he was taken into custody for questioning and his appearance before a judicial officer for a preliminary examination.
The body of the deceased was discovered in his home in the Christiansted country district of St. Croix during the early morning hours of February 4, 1962. The condition of the victim…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Charlie Soper and Jack Mease v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
3Cited by25 opinions
- Government of Virgin Islands v. GereauCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Fitzgerald LovellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- David Rivera v. Government of the Virgin IslandsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Sas v. State of MarylandDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1969
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Salvador Santiago Ortiz, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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