Graham v. Government of the Virgin Islands

MEMORANDUM OPINION WITH ORDER ATTACHED

Petitioner Wayne Graham moves pro se for a reduction of sentence, citing 5 V.I.C. § 3711 (Suspension of sentence and probation) as the statute governing his request. He seeks a reduction for the reason, in essence, that he has fulfilled the hope of the Judge that the time now spent in prison has helped him to sort out his morals. He is eighteen years of age and has come to repent genuinely of his wrong with the help of strengthened religious convictions.

After a jury verdict of guilty, petitioner was sentenced to ten years on 6/11/76, along with three…