Legal Opinion
Hughes v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided October 31, 2013No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2012-0030PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(October 31, 2013)
Hodge, Chief Justice.
Khareem Hughes appeals the Superior Court’s September 5, 2012 Amended Judgment and Commitment, which found *1017him guilty of voluntary manslaughter, the lesser included offense of first-degree murder, and reckless endangerment. For the reasons that follow, we reverse his convictions.
I. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT FACTS AND PROCEDURAL POSTURE
The People of the Virgin Islands charged Khareem Hughes2 and his two codefendants, Joh Williams and Jalani Williams, with numerous offenses — including first-degree murder — stemming from an event that took…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- St. Thomas-St. John Board of Elections v. DanielSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2007
- United States v. Robert Joseph Carr, Jr., in No. 93-1376. United States of America v. Walter Orlando Cardona-Usquiano, in No. 93-1383Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Jesus Losada and Rosalinda LosadaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- United States of America Government of the Virgin Islands v. Clement XavierCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- United States v. PettigrewCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Williams v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2013
- Fahie v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2015
- Freeman v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2014
- Rivera v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2016
- Williams v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2013
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