Legal Opinion
Monelle v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided October 26, 2015No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2013-0036PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(October 26, 2015)
Swan, Associate Justice.
Appellant, Cherance Monelle, was charged with five counts of child abuse, three counts of aggravated rape in the first degree, two counts of domestic violence, and one count of unlawful sexual contact in the first degree. After a jury trial, he was found guilty of aggravated rape in the first degree charged as an act of domestic violence and child abuse. For the reasons explicated below, we affirm Monelle’s convictions but remand for correction of a minor error in his sentence regarding the obligation that he register as a sex…
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