United States Third Circuit

48 U.S.C. Section 1561 allows a felony prosecution in the Virgin Islands to proceed by either indictment or information, but because V.I. residents have no constitutional right to indictment by a grand jury, defendant did not have a right to a grand jury.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2001
• Decided 01/31/2002
• Published 01/31/2002

Judges

• Before:  BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carl F. Morey (Argued), Office of United States Attorney, St. Croix, USVI, Counsel for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Abraham N. Ntreh (Argued), Pro Se Appellee.