Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Ernesto Carmona
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 22, 1970No. 17600_1PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BIGGS, Circuit Judge
This is an appeal by Ernesto Carmona from a conviction of first degree felony murder and a sentence of life imprisonment. The. killing took place on the Island of Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands in the course of an alleged robbery. See Title 14, Virgin Islands Code, Section 922(a) (2).
In the late afternoon of August 6, 1968, Carmona, Lydia Vasquez, Carmen Cruz and Carlos Hardouin left their common residence together by automobile. There followed an evening of drinking at several bars. Sometime shortly after midnight, the group arrived at a bar owned…
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