Legal Opinion
Williams v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided April 19, 2010No. S. Ct. Crim. No. 2009-0111PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(April 19, 2010)
Hodge, C J.
Appellant, Jalani Williams (“Williams”), appeals from a November 25,2009 Superior Court order which detained him without bail pending trial. For the reasons which follow, we will reverse the pre-trial detention order and remand with instructions for the Superior Court to conduct a new pre-trial detention hearing consistent with our holdings herein.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
At approximately 1:13 a.m. on August 2, 2009, the police received a report that gunshots had been fired in the vicinity of Gertrude’s Restaurant in Christiansted, St.…
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- United States v. Robert P. DelkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
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