Legal Opinion
In re Morton
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided February 27, 2012No. S. Ct. Civ. No. 2011-0116PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(February 27, 2012)
2Per curiam
This matter is before the Court on Jamal Morton’s December 22, 2011 petition for writ of mandamus and January 13, 2012 motion to appoint Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III, Esq. as his court-appointed counsel nunc pro tunc to December 22, 2011, a January 23, 2012 opposition to both documents filed by the People of the Virgin Islands, and Morton’s reply to the People’s opposition. For the reasons that follow, we deny both the mandamus petition and the motion for appointment of counsel.
I. BACKGROUND
On March 26,2010, the People initiated a criminal case against Morton…
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