Legal Opinion
Mendez v. Government of the Virgin Islands
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided January 18, 2012No. S.Ct. Civil No. 2009-0084PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(January 18, 2012)
SWAN, Associate Justice.
Raphael Mendez, appearing pro se, appeals the Superior Court’s denial of his pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Mendez’s Petition asks the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands (“Superior Court”) to bring him to trial on territorial criminal charges that were filed against him on February 27, 1990, in the District Court of the Virgin Islands but dismissed on September 29, 1992. Although the underlying territorial criminal charges for which Mendez was originally arrested were dismissed almost two decades ago, Mendez remains…
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