United States Third Circuit

Defendant's conviction for first degree murder is reinstated where the district court erroneously held that there was a reasonable likelihood that the jury convicted defendant under a lower burden of proof threshold than the law requires.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/14/2004
• Decided 02/24/2005
• Published 02/24/2005

Judges

• GREENBERG, Circuit Judge., Before SLOVITER, FUENTES, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Iver A. Stridiron, Attorney General, Elliott M. Davis, Solicitor General, Maureen Phelan (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• G. Luz A. James (argued), Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, for Appellee.