Legal Opinion
Brito v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided September 30, 2010No. S. Ct. Crim. No. 2008-0103PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(September 30, 2010)
CABRET, J.
The People of the Virgin Islands charged Elvis Brito with one count each of being an accessory after the fact and misprision of felony for helping a prisoner who escaped from the Golden Grove Correctional Facility (“Golden Grove”) on St. Croix. Following trial, a jury found Brito guilty of being an accessory after the fact, but acquitted him of misprision of felony. Brito filed this appeal challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction, the Superior Court’s jury instructions, the court’s exclusion of evidence at trial,…
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