Legal Opinion
Phillips v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided March 12, 2009No. S. Ct. Crim. No. 2007-037PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGE, Chief Justice; CABRET, Associate Justice-, and SWAN, Associate Justice.
OPINION OF THE COURT
(March 12, 2009)
2Per curiam
Appellant Sinclair Phillips1 (“Phillips” or “Appellant”), a/k/a Ragga or Shabb, asserts that his conviction should be overturned as the result of numerous trial court errors and his case remanded for a new trial. For the reasons which follow, the conviction will be affirmed.
*263I. BACKGROUND
On June 19, 2005, at about 3:30 a.m., Paulious Stoute (“Stoute”), a deaf mute, suddenly awoke to find a male intrader touching his pockets. The two men straggled. The intruder then rifled through…
3Cases cited70 opinions
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- United States v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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4Cited by46 opinions
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