Legal Opinion
Francis v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided February 28, 2012No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2008-0041PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(February 28, 2012)
CABRET, Associate Justice.
Following a jury trial, Appellant Sholome Francis was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. People v. Francis, No. ST-07-CR-287 (V.I. Super. Ct. Apr. 18, 2008). Francis challenges the conviction on four grounds: (1) the court should have given an independent intervening cause instruction to the jury, (2) the evidence of causation was insufficient to support a conviction, (3) the trial judge erred by admitting an unduly prejudicial photograph of the victim,…
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