GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellee v. ANGEL RUIZ, Appellant and CARLOS CORCINO, Appellant

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge

Appellants Ruiz and Corcino appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed by the District Court of. the Virgin Islands. Ruiz and Corcino are two of four defendants named in an information charging murder, 14 V.I.C. § 922 (a) (2) and robbery 14 V.I.C. § 1861 of one Lawrence Angus. The other two defendants named are Rafael San Kitts and Angel Ventura. Prior to the trial Ventura apparently became a fugitive. San Kitts pleaded guilty to the robbery count and testified for the government at the trial of Ruiz and Corcino. He implicated both in the robbery and…