Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Gereau
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 20, 1979PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
We review here the denial of the motions filed under Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by Beaumont Gereau and Warren Ballentine for reduction of sentence. We will conclude that the court below had jurisdiction to decide these motions and that the court below acted within its discretion in denying these motions. Therefore, we will affirm.
I. Procedural History
On August 13, 1973 appellants, along with three other co-defendants, were convicted of eight counts of first degree murder, four counts of first degree assault and two counts of robbery. On that same…
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