Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. John Lake
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 22, 1966No. 15794PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaris, Circuit Judge
OPINION OF THE COURT
The defendant John Lake appeals from his conviction in the District Court of the Virgin Islands of murder in the first degree. By information, the Government charged that the defendant on April 10, 1965, in violation of 14 V.I.C. § 922(a) (1), with malice aforethought, did willfully, deliberately and with premeditation kill one Leonore Richardson Lake by stabbing her several times about her body with a deadly weapon, a pocket knife, thereby inflicting mortal wounds from which she died on that day. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of murder in the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- State v. . TrottSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
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3Cited by59 opinions
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