Legal Opinion
In re Government of the Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided February 24, 2006No. D.C. Civil App. No. 2004-69Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(February 24,2006)
The government has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus directing the trial judge to enter an order dismissing charges it filed against Alvourne Williams. In the underlying matter, the trial judge interpreted Rule 48(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure as providing him with the authority to deny the prosecution’s request to dismiss a criminal complaint, if he felt that dismissing the complaint would conflict with the public interest. For the reasons explained below, we will grant the government’s petition.
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