Legal Opinion
Morton v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided September 13, 2013No. S.Ct. Criminal No. 2012-0044PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(September 13, 2013)
Swan, Associate Justice.
Jamal Allister Morton appeals his convictions on several felony charges, including first degree murder and the unauthorized use of an unlicensed firearm. He alleges Sixth Amendment right violations, evidentiary errors, and insufficiency of the evidence to convict him of the charges. We conclude that Morton has not established any violations of his constitutional rights and that the evidence was sufficient to convict him. We further conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of his prior bad…
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