Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Russell
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided September 5, 1972No. Crim. No. 100-1971PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant was charged with aggravated assault and battery upon a police officer under 14 V.I.C. § 298(1) *. He *146was tried in the Municipal Court before a judge sitting without a jury, found guilty and sentenced to six months imprisonment. He now assigns two errors on appeal. First, he urges that he is entitled to retroactive benefit of our intervening decision in Government v. Osario, (Nov. 8, 1971), which held that defendants who are entitled to a jury trial under Baldwin v. New York, 399 U.S. 66 (1970) (right exists where possible punishment exceeds six months) must be…
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