Legal Opinion
Murrell v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided September 13, 2010No. S. Ct. Crim. No. 2009-0064PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(September 13, 2010)
HODGE, CJ.
Appellant Roland G. Murrell (hereafter “Murrell”) requests that this Court reverse his convictions for driving under the *345influence and negligent driving on the grounds that the Superior Court’s invocation of 14 V.I.C. § 4 deprived him of his constitutional right to a trial by jury. For the reasons that follow we will reverse the Superior Court’s July 17, 2008 Judgment and remand the matter to the Superior Court for a new trial.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On November 22, 2007, Virgin Islands Police Officers Vivian Newton (hereafter…
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