Legal Opinion

United States v. Kanawati

District Court, Virgin Islands

Decided May 5, 2008No. Mag. No. 2008-7Published

1Opinion of the Court

GÓMEZ, Chief Judge

MEMORANDUM OPINION

(May 5, 2008)

Before the Court is the motion of defendant Alexander Nabih Kanawati (“Kanawati”) for revocation or amendment of the Magistrate Judge’s pretrial detention order, entered on March 31, 2008.1 For the reasons stated below, the appeal will be denied.

*904I. FACTS

A two-count complaint against Kanawati and his two co-defendants (collectively referred to as the “Defendants”) was filed on March 21, 2008. Count One of the complaint alleges that the Defendants assaulted a sixteen-year-old female and a seventeen-year-old male, with intent to commit rape. Count…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States v. Robert P. DelkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
  2. United States v. Fleet Wallace MaullCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  3. United States v. Mauricio Rueben and Gerardo GuerraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. Harry Himler, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
  5. United States v. Steven Dale WinsorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986

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