Government of Virgin Islands v. Bellot

OPINION

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

Peter Bellot appeals the order of the Appellate Division of the District Court of the Virgin Islands affirming his judgment of conviction in the Virgin Islands Superior Court 1 for aggravated rape and unlawful sexual contact in the first degree. For the following reasons, we will affirm the order of the District Court.

I. Background

We write exclusively for the parties, who are familiar with the factual context and legal history of this case. Therefore, we will set forth only those facts necessary to our analysis.

For several years, Bellot lived and worked as a…