Allen v. People

OPINION OF THE COURT

(September 12, 2013)

Swan, Associate Justice.

After a bench trial, Appellant, Steven Allen (“Allen”), was found guilty of count 1, Interfering With An Officer Discharging His Duty, in violation of 14 V.I.C. § 1508 and count 2, Operating An Unregistered Vehicle, in violation of 20 V.I.C. § 331(1). For the first time on appeal, Allen asserts that his conviction under 14 V.I.C. § 1508 is unconstitutional because it violates his Fourteenth Amendment due process rights and his right to liberty afforded under Section 3 of the Revised Organic Act.1 He further asserts that there was…