Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Government of the Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided February 4, 2000No. D.C. Crim. App. No. 1997-100PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Appellant Jamel R. Rivera ["Rivera"] appeals his Territorial Court jury conviction of assault in the first degree, V.I. Code Ann. *204tit. 14, § 295(1), on three grounds. First, Rivera argues that his trial attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel. Second, he asserts that the trial court committed plain error or violated his right to present witnesses and a defense by excluding testimony concerning the lighting conditions at the crime scene as cumulative under Federal Rule of Evidence 403.1 Lastly, Rivera contends that the trial court failed to instruct the jury on…
3Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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4Cited by5 opinions
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Jamel RiveraCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
- Plaskett v. Government of Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 2001
- Davis v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 2007
- Rivera v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 2002
- Govt of VI v. RiveraCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003