Government of the Virgin Islands v. Vanterpool

OPINION OF THE COURT

(September 12, 2014)

Greenaway, Circuit Judge

Earl Vanterpool was prosecuted and convicted under V.I. CODE Ann. tit. 14, § 706(1) (“Section 706”) for obsessive phone calls and faxes to his ex-girlfriend, Jacqueline Webster. On appeal, we are asked to consider three issues: (1) whether Section 706 is unconstitutional under the First Amendment; (2) whether Vanterpool has shown that his trial counsel’s performance amounted to an ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment; and (3) whether there was sufficient evidence in the record to support Vanterpool’s…