Legal Opinion
Plaskett v. Government of Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided June 4, 2001No. CR. A. 1999/055PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This matter is before the Court to determine whether the trial judge erred in denying Ronald Plaskett’s (“Plaskett” or “appellant”) Motion for New Trial. To do so, this Court must resolve the following issues: 1) whether Plaskett has proven prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel; 2) whether the amendment of the complaint at the close of the government’s case in chief was prejudicial; and 3) whether the trial court erred in excluding character evidence of the victim, Lisabeth Saldana (“Saldana”).
I. FACTS
While the facts in this case are widely…
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- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Schiller TotoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- United States v. SomersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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