Case Name: GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS v. ALEXANDER JAMES TURNER, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1969-04-11
Citations: 7 V.I. 55
Docket Number: No. 15,964
Parties: GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS v. ALEXANDER JAMES TURNER, Appellant
Judges: Before HASTIE, Chief Judge, and KALODNER, STA-LEY, FREEDMAN, SEITZ, VAN DUSEN, ALDI-SERT and STAHL, Circuit Judges
Reporter: Virgin Islands Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 55–57

Head Matter:
GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS v. ALEXANDER JAMES TURNER, Appellant
No. 15,964
United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit
Reargued November 25,1968
Decided April 11, 1969
See, also, 6 V.I. 659; 7 V.I. 117
Daniel H. Greenberg, Esq., New York, New York, for appellant Almeric L. Christian, Esq., United States Attorney, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for appellee
Before HASTIE, Chief Judge, and KALODNER, STA-LEY, FREEDMAN, SEITZ, VAN DUSEN, ALDI-SERT and STAHL, Circuit Judges

Opinion:
OPINION ON REHEARING
PER CURIAM:
The immediate result of the rehearing of this appeal before the court en banc was an order remanding the case to the district court with leave to entertain a motion for reduction of sentence. At the same time, we retained jurisdiction of the appeal.
It now appears that the appellant's sentence has been reduced to the time already served and that he has been released from custody.
On the merits of the appeal, the majority of the court are persuaded that the trial errors pointed out by the original hearing panel in its opinions filed July 12, 1968 were not such as to influence the determination of guilt, though they may have resulted in a more severe sentence than otherwise would have been imposed. The properly admitted evidence of guilt was overwhelming and was not significantly rebutted.
Accordingly, on rehearing the judgment of the district court as modified by the subsequent reduction of sentence will be affirmed.