Legal Opinion
Lopez v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided February 7, 2014No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2013-0060PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(February 7, 2014)
Swan, Associate Justice.
Appellant, David Lopez, appeals the Superior Court’s denial of his request for the application of 5 V.I.C. § 3711(c) to his sentence, following his conviction for Failure to Report Firearms Obtained Outside or Brought Into the Virgin Islands in violation of 23 V.I.C. § 470(a). For the reasons elucidated below, we remand this case for further consideration of the sentence by the trial judge in accordance with this Opinion.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On September 24, 2012, Lopez and his family had dinner at the Le Reine Chicken…
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