Rohn v. Government of the Virgin Islands

MEMORANDUM OPINION

(May 8, 2006)

Appellant Lee Rohn (“Rohn” or “Appellant”) brings this interlocutory appeal to challenge the trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds. We granted permission to appeal and for expedited hearing.

We are asked to decide whether the Government is barred from prosecuting Appellant in the underlying criminal matter under the Fifth Amendment’s Double Jeopardy clause.1 The appellant also argues, in objecting to the trial court’s denial of the motion to dismiss, that the court committed clear error in finding that the fine imposed against her…