Case Name: BRAFFITH v. PEOPLE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1928-12-10
Citations: 1 V.I. 595
Docket Number: No. 3881
Parties: BRAFFITH v. PEOPLE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
Judges: Before Buffington, Woolley, and Davis, Circuit Judges
Reporter: Virgin Islands Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 595–596

Head Matter:
BRAFFITH v. PEOPLE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
No. 3881
Circuit Court of Appeals Third Circuit
December 10, 1928
See, also, 29 F.2d 740 (same opinion), and 1 V.I. 582 (26 F.2d 646)
D. H. Jackson, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for appellant
James C. Fox, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for the People
Before Buffington, Woolley, and Davis, Circuit Judges

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
This appeal under the laws of the Virgin Islands is compulsory. Braffith v. People of Virgin Islands (C.C.A.3d 1928) 1 V.I. 582, 26 F.2d 646. In view of the prisoner's plea of guilty entered to a charge of murder in the first degree, our inquiry on this appeal has been directed, and limited, to a search for fundamental irregularities in the proceeding and to a possible abuse by the court of its discretion in determining the punishment. Braffith v. People of Virgin Islands, supra. On our review of the record, made with a care which the gravity of the case required, we found no errors of either kind.
The judgment must therefore be affirmed.