Legal Opinion
Suarez v. Government of the Virgin Islands
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided June 13, 2012No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2009-0099PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(June 13, 2012)
CABRET, J. In 2003, Omar Jamil Suarez was convicted of aggravated rape in the first degree and rape in the first degree based on allegations of sexual contact with a minor. After exhausting all his appeals, Suarez petitioned the Superior Court for a writ of habeas corpus in 2007, claiming that his trial court counsel provided ineffective assistance to him in violation of the Sixth Amendment. The Superior Court denied the petition. Suarez now appeals that denial, arguing that his conviction must be vacated because (1) trial counsel failed to object to the…
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