Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Government of the Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided August 21, 2015No. D.C. Criminal App. No. 2006-66Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(August 21, 2015)
Earl Rogers appeals his convictions in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands for aggravated assault, disturbing the peace, and false arrest. For the reasons stated below, the Court will affirm his convictions as to disturbing the peace and false arrest. The Court will vacate Rogers’ conviction for aggravated assault.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On May 21, 2005, Earl Rogers (“Rogers”), a police officer with the Virgin Islands Police Department (“VIPD”), participated in the arrest of *1014Willie Pierre-Louis a/k/a Willie Pierre (“Pierre-Louis”). (J.A.…
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