Legal Opinion
People v. Penn
Superior Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided July 14, 2010No. Case No. ST-10-CR-179PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDunston, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(July 14, 2010)
Defendant moves1 to dismiss Count Eight of the Information, asserting that 14 V.I.C. § 2253(b)2 is unconstitutional based on District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S. Ct. 2783, 171 L. Ed. 2d 637 (2008).3 Defendant also asserts the statute violates “the Fourteenth Amendment, the equal protection clause, the due process clause, and the Revised Organic Act.”
The People of the Virgin Islands oppose Defendant’s motion based on U.S. v. Lewis, 50 V.I. 995, 1006 (D.V.I. 2008), in which a Second Amendment challenge to 14 V.I.C. § 2253(a) under Heller was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- McDonald v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- United States v. Jewel Rose Hyde Patricia Yvonne Gray Karen Boothe, A/K/A Karen Boothe-Waller, A/K/A Karen Ann Marie BootheCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- United States v. HydeDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1993
- Black v. BarnesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Government of the United States Virgin Islands v. Takata Corp.Superior Court of The Virgin Islands · 2017
- Hightree v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2011