Government of the Virgin Islands v. Edwards

OPINION

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

A Virgin Islands jury convicted appellant Roger Edwards of four counts of sexual abuse of his minor daughter. Edwards filed a motion for a new trial which was denied by the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands. 1 The Appellate Division affirmed, and Edwards appeals to this court.

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As we write primarily for the parties who are familiar with the facts of this case, we -will not restate those facts except as necessary for our analysis. Edwards was charged in an eleven-count information under the Virgin Islands Code with committing a variety of sexual acts against…