Legal Opinion
Brathwaite v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided July 20, 2017No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2016-0040PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(July 20, 2017)
Swan, Associate Justice.
Appellant, Jaydee Brathwaite, appeals the Superior Court’s July 22, 2016 judgment and commitment.1 Brathwaite entered a plea of no contest to one count of first-degree assault, but he now contends that his plea was involuntary. Brathwaite also requests that this Court reduce his sentence. For the reasons explicated below, we affirm the judgment and commitment entered by the trial court.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In an August 2015 information, Brathwaite was charged with two counts of first-degree rape and one count of first-degree…
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