Legal Opinion
Smith v. Government of the Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided April 17, 2009No. D.C. Criminal App. No. 2005-23PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GÓMEZ, Chief Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands', FINCH, Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands', and BRADY, Judge of the Superior Court, Division of St. Croix, sitting by designation.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(April 17, 2009)
Lebum Smith (“Smith”) appeals his conviction in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands1 for kidnapping for ransom, false imprisonment, *716first-degree assault and grand larceny. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm Smith’s conviction in its entirety.
i. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On the evening of April 8, 2004, Elvis Burton (“Burton”) went…
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- Smith v. Government of the Virgin IslandsSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2017