Legal Opinion
Hypolite v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided January 21, 2009No. S. Ct. Crim. No. 2007-135PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGE, Chief Justice; CABRET, Associate Justice; and SWAN, Associate Justice.
OPINION OF THE COURT
(January 21, 2009)
2Per curiam
Nancy D’Anna, Esq., (hereafter “D’Anna”) seeks to withdraw as court-appointed counsel to Appellant John Hypolite (hereafter “Appellant”) in this matter on the ground that Appellant’s sole apparent argument for reversing his convictions — that his Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel was purportedly violated — is wholly frivolous because the Superior Court applied the correct legal standard when it rejected Appellant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim. For the…
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- Calene v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
- Bell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Hodge v. McGowanSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2008
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