Legal Opinion
People of Virgin Islands v. Price
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 17, 1950No. 9943PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaris, Circuit Judge
This is an appeal by the defendant from his conviction in the District Court of the Virgin Islands of murder in the first degree and from the sentence of death imposed by the court pursuant to the recommendation of the trial jury. The homicide in question took place in. the town of Chris tiansted, in the Municipality of St. Croix. The Code of Laws of that municipality, enacted by an Ordinance of the Colonial Council of St. Croix, approved June 15, 1920, provides, in (1921) Title IV, Chapter Five, (14 V.I.C. §§ 921 - 923), as follows:
“Section 1. — Murder is the unlawful killing of a human…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Braffith v. People of Virgin IslandsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Burch v. BurchCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. John LakeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- George Krull and Michael Krull v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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- Callwood v. KeanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
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