Legal Opinion
Williams v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided May 12, 2016No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2015-0006PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(May 12, 2016)
Hodge, Chief Justice.
Appellant Jalani Williams appeals from the Superior Court’s December 23, 2014 amended judgment and commitment, which resentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole as punishment for a first-degree murder committed while he was a juvenile. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Williams previously appealed to this Court his convictions for first-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and unauthorized possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence. Williams v.…
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