Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Jose Lima, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 17, 1985No. 84-3040, 84-3713PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EDWARD R. BECKER, Circuit Judge.
Jose Lima, Sr. appeals his conviction by the District Court of the Virgin Islands, after a bench trial, of burglary in the first degree, three counts of assault in the third degree, and possession of a firearm during the crime of violence. He challenges: (1) the sufficiency of the district court’s findings of guilt; (2) the district court’s refusal to grant a new trial on the grounds of alleged newly discovered evidence that the key prosecution witness had manufactured her story; and (3) the district court’s failure to conduct a hearing…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Larrison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1928
- United States v. AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Government of Virgin Islands v. GereauCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- United States v. Richard O. BertoliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Tyrone Anthony GrayCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Byron MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
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