Legal Opinion
Roy Sylvester Parrott v. Government of the Virgin Islands
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 13, 2000No. 99-3688PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Roy Parrott is currently serving a life sentence for a 1976 murder conviction, based on a violation of Virgin Islands territorial law. He is appealing the dismissal by the District Court of the Virgin Islands of his petition for collateral relief under the Virgin Islands habeas statute, § 1303, Title 5 of the V.I. Code. Parrott’s claim poses a variation on issues we have been facing when we interpret the 1984 amendments to the Virgin Islands Revised Organic Act. In Parrott’s appeal, we must decide whether the Revised Organic Act’s changes to the jurisdictions both of the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by125 opinions
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