Skelton v. Government of the Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands

Skelton v. Government of the Virgin Islands

290 F. Supp. 2d 603, 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21665, 1994 WL 16040249

CourtDistrict Court, Virgin Islands

DecidedApril 11, 1994

DocketD.C. CRIM.APP. NO. 9, T.C. CRIM.NO. F155-9

StatusPublished

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Skelton v. Government of the Virgin Islands, 290 F. Supp. 2d 603, 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21665, 1994 WL 16040249 (vid 1994).

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*604 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

MOORE, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on appeal from the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands, having been orally argued on April 6, 1994. Appellant challenges the Territorial Court’s jurisdiction over the prosecution of appellant’s criminal acts. After due consideration,

IT IS on this _11_ day of April, 1994, hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the judgment of the Territorial Court is AFFIRMED 1

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. Appellant failed to show how the transfer of jurisdiction over crimes wherein the maximum sentence was five to fifteen years did not vest in the Territorial Court, and if it did, that Act 5206 intended to divest the Territorial Court of such jurisdiction. See Act of Sept. 9, 1976, No. 3876, § 2(b), 1976 V.I. Sess. Laws 189; Act of Feb. 1, 1985, No. 5040, § 3, 1984 V.I. Sess. Laws 464; Act of Mar. 1, 1985, No. 5045, 1985 V.I. Sess. Laws 3; Act of Oct. 14, 1986, No. 5206, § 107, 1986 V.I. Sess. Laws 236; Act of Sept. 23, 1991, No. 5719, 1991 V.I. Sess. Laws 58. The Government's criminal action against appellant commenced after jurisdiction passed to the Territorial Court.

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*604 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

MOORE, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on appeal from the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands, having been orally argued on April 6, 1994. Appellant challenges the Territorial Court’s jurisdiction over the prosecution of appellant’s criminal acts. After due consideration,

IT IS on this _11_ day of April, 1994, hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the judgment of the Territorial Court is AFFIRMED 1

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. Appellant failed to show how the transfer of jurisdiction over crimes wherein the maximum sentence was five to fifteen years did not vest in the Territorial Court, and if it did, that Act 5206 intended to divest the Territorial Court of such jurisdiction. See Act of Sept. 9, 1976, No. 3876, § 2(b), 1976 V.I. Sess. Laws 189; Act of Feb. 1, 1985, No. 5040, § 3, 1984 V.I. Sess. Laws 464; Act of Mar. 1, 1985, No. 5045, 1985 V.I. Sess. Laws 3; Act of Oct. 14, 1986, No. 5206, § 107, 1986 V.I. Sess. Laws 236; Act of Sept. 23, 1991, No. 5719, 1991 V.I. Sess. Laws 58. The Government's criminal action against appellant commenced after jurisdiction passed to the Territorial Court.

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