Legal Opinion
Blyden v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided July 7, 2010No. S. Ct. Crim. No. 2007-0105PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(July 7, 2010)
HODGE, C.J.
Appellant, Daryl Blyden (“Blyden”), appeals from the Superior Court’s September 25, 2007 Judgment which sentenced him to incarceration for life without parole plus forty-five additional years. For the reasons which follow, we will reverse Blyden’s conviction as to the unauthorized possession of ammunition count but will affirm his conviction as to all other counts.
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At approximately 7:30 p.m. on September 24, 2005, Virgin Islands police officers were dispatched to the scene of a shooting in the Savan neighborhood…
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