Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Rasool, Abiff Hiram
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 17, 1981No. 81-1267PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of the Virgin Islands suppressing evidence which the police found in a car driven by the defendant, Hiram Rasool Abiff (“Abiff”). In particular, the district court’s order suppressed as evidence a revolver which was in a brown paper grocery bag found on the back seat of the vehicle.
On June 18, 1980, Abiff was charged by information with assisting an escaped prisoner in violation of 14 V.I.C. §§ 661(1) and 12; possessing and carrying a revolver in violation of 14 V.I.C. § 2253(a); and possessing…
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