BRAFFITH v. PEOPLE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

BRAFFITH v. PEOPLE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS. Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit December 10, 1928. No. 3881. D. H. Jackson, of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for appellant. James C. Fox, of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for the People. Before BUFFINGTON, WOOLLEY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges. [MAJORITY — PER CURIAM.] PER CURIAM. This appeal under the laws of the Virgin Islands is compulsory. Braffith v. People of Virgin Islands (C. C. A.) 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.