Legal Opinion

Freeman v. People

Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands

Decided November 19, 2014No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2013-0085PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

(November 19, 2014)

Swan, Associate Justice.

Appellant, Shakieme S. Freeman, was charged in a nine-count information related to the shooting death of Aquil Abdullah. Freeman challenges his conviction alleging that the evidence was insufficient for a conviction for the crime of aiding and abetting reckless endangerment, that the final jury instructions were defective, and that 14 V.I.C. § 625 is void for vagueness. Finding that there was sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to properly convict Freeman as an aider and abettor of reckless endangerment, and that there is no…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Henderson v. KibbeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  4. United States v. MazurieSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Coleman v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2012

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Estick v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2015
  2. Ventura v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2016
  3. Woodrup v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2015
  4. John v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2015
  5. Monelle v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2015

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