Legal Opinion
Percival v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided August 12, 2014No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2013-0090PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(August 12, 2014)
Hodge, Chief Justice.
Shevron Percival was convicted of misprision of a felony under 14 V.I.C. § 13 for refusing to disclose the details of a killing he witnessed. Because there was insufficient evidence to find Percival guilty of this offense, we reverse Percival’s conviction.
I. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT FACTS AND PROCEDURAL POSTURE
On August 11, 2011, Christopher Rice was fatally shot at a housing complex on St. Croix. On August 15, 2011, the police took a suspect into custody for the killing. During the investigation, Virgin Islands police Detective Kirk…
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