Legal Opinion
In re Moses
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided August 29, 2006No. D.C. Civ. App. No. 2006/068PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*481MEMORANDUM OPINION
(August 29, 2006)
Petitioner Samuel Moses requests that this Court enter an order directing the Superior Court1 to dismiss the criminal charges against him for want of prosecution or for unconstitutional delay. He was charged by information on August 15, 2000, and has yet to be tried on the charges.
This same panel heard this matter2 last fall on September 23,2005, but the panel declined to issue the writ at that time.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
On August 15, 2000, the Government of the Virgin Islands filed an information in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Will v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Moore v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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