Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Warner
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided July 22, 2009No. D.C. Criminal App. No. 2005-28Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(July 22, 2009)
The Government of the Virgin Islands (the “Government”) appeals from an order of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John (the “Superior Court”)1 for the conditional release from a mental health facility of Stephanie Warner (“Warner”).
I. FACTS
In 1990, the Superior Court ordered that Warner be involuntarily committed and placed in the custody of the Virgin Islands Department of Health pursuant to title 19, section 723 of the Virgin Islands Code (“Section 723”). See V.I. CODE Ann. tit. 19, § 723 (1984). Warner became an…
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