Legal Opinion
Todmann v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided October 22, 2012No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2012-0078PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(October 22, 2012)
2Per curiam
Appellant Willis C. Todmann has filed motions requesting that this Court grant him bail pending appeal and stay imposition of sentence pending consideration of his bail request pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 8(d). Since neither the United States Congress nor the Virgin Islands Legislature has created a right to bail pending appeal for proceedings in Virgin Islands local courts, we deny the motions.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
At the conclusion of a trial held from October 13, 2011 through October 18, 2011, a jury found Todmann guilty of numerous…
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