Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Albion William Bodle
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 20, 1970No. 17551_1PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STALEY, Circuit Judge
Albion William Bodle appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence rendered in the District Court of the Virgin Islands after a jury trial. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against the appellant for forcible rape. A second count in the indictment, charging rape by intoxication, was not submitted to the jury because the evidence adduced by the government fell short of proving it. Shortly after the completion of the trial, it was learned that a juror, one Ronald Blyden, had had a sister who had been the victim of a forcible rape and murder in…
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