Legal Opinion

Castillo v. Government of the V.I.

District Court, Virgin Islands

Decided September 25, 2006No. D.C. Crim. App. No. 2004/103PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*521MEMORANDUM OPINION

(September 25, 2006)

Hilario Castillo (“Castillo” or “appellant”) appeals his conviction in the Superior Court for child abuse. He presents the following issues on appeal:

1. Whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain his conviction of child abuse/domestic violence;

2. Whether the jury’s guilty verdicts for violation of child abuse are inconsistent with its inability to reach verdict as to all other counts of the information.

For the reasons more fully developed below, the appellant’s conviction will be affirmed.

I. STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL POSTURE

In 1999, the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Kentucky v. StincerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Wheeler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Francis v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2012
  2. Brathwaite v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2014
  3. Williams v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 2009
  4. Murrell v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 2009
  5. Williams v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 2011

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