Legal Opinion

Felix v. Government of the Virgin Islands

District Court, Virgin Islands

Decided November 3, 2005No. D.C. Crim. App. No. 2004/108PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

(November 3,2005)

This matter is once again before this Court on appeal from the appellant’s second motion for new trial, this time based on newly *575discovered evidence. That motion followed our earlier reversal of the appellant’s conviction and the Third Circuit’s vacatur of the same for further development of the facts below. The single issue we now face today is whether the trial court erred in finding that the Government’s failure to disclose the fact of a pending arrest warrant for a key prosecution witness and the victim in this case violated the appellant’s due process…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. BaxterSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2008
  2. United States v. PlaskettDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 2008

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