Government of the Virgin Islands v. Bryan

MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge, Sitting by Designation.

Defendant Adelbert Bryan has filed a motion to dismiss the information against him on the ground that this Court lacks jurisdiction. Defendant Bryan’s claim rests on three premises. He argues first that the two offenses which he is accused of committing — grand larceny and possession of stolen property — carry a maximum ten years’ prison term each. Second, the defendant asserts that on October 1, 1987 the Virgin Islands Legislature vested in the Territorial Court authority to adjudicate every criminal action arising under…