Government of the Virgin Islands v. Albion William Bodle

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• reversing conviction for rape where juror’s sister was previous rape victim
• presence on rape jury of brother of rape victim, although reversible error under federal court’s supervisory power, does not violate defendant’s constitutional rights
• where undisclosed information that the sister of a juror had been the victim of a similar crime was held to create a substantial possibility that the juror was not capable of an objective determination
• “Congress ... has provided the right to a jury trial in criminal cases to the inhabitants of the Virgin Islands by virtue of the Revised Organic Act of 1954, 48 U.S.C. § 1616. Thus basic guarantees similar to those of the Sixth Amendment are involved-”

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