Soto v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of St. Thomas and St. John in the Virgin Islands; Thiele, Judge. Jose Soto and Jose Lopez were tried together, and defendant Lopez was found guilty of murder, and defendant Solo was found guilty of being an accomplice, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
This is a criminal appeal from a judgment of the District Court of St. Thomas and St. John in the Virgin Islands, formerly the Danish West Indies. It is brought here under the Act of Congress of March -3, 1917 (39 Stat. c. 171 [Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, §| 3924%a-3924J4h]), which conferred on this court appellate jurisdiction in all cases arising in those islands. By the judgment appealed from, Lopez was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to death; Soto was found guilty of being an accomplice and was sentenced to imprisonment for six years. The…
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