Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Turnbull
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided November 17, 1998No. T.C. Crim. No. 542/97PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtDiase, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
At issue before the Court is (1) whether 14 V.I.C. § 485(b), a penal statute which prohibits, in pertinent part, the owner of a night club *180that serves alcohol from having minors on the premises after 9:00 p.m., is constitutional and (2) whether it imposes strict criminal liability regardless of the violator's knowledge of the person's minority. The Court holds that the statute is constitutional and that knowledge is a necessary element of the crime.
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The Defendant is allegedly the owner of a night club on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands known as Insomnia that serves alcohol to its…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Lambert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. GreenbaumCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
- Government of Virgin Islands v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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