Government of the Virgin Islands v. Allan Hensley St. Ange

OPINION OF THE COURT

Appellant urges that a judgment of conviction of rape in the first degree, 14 V.I.C. § 1701(3), entered upon return of a jury’s verdict, should be reversed because there was no competent corroborating evidence as required by 14 V.I.C. § 1706. He argues that a hospital report describing a smear of vaginal fluid as containing male sperm was hearsay and, therefore, inadmissible evidence. The report was introduced in the government’s case during the testimony of Dr. Andre Galiber who testified that he examined the prosecutrix following the alleged attack:. I took a smear of…