Legal Opinion
Richards v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided January 13, 2010No. S. Ct. Crim. No. 2008-064PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(January 13, 2010)
HODGE, C J.
Appellant, Bandele Richards (“Richards”), challenges his conviction following a jury trial and the Superior Court’s August 4, 2008 Order of Judgment and Commitment, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his pre-trial motion to suppress the out-of-court and in-court identifications of Richards. For the reasons which follow, we will affirm the conviction.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
At about noon on August 6, 2006, Daniel Coughlin (hereafter “Coughlin”) was robbed by two men after parking and exiting his car near his home in…
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