Legal Opinion
People v. de Jongh
Superior Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided January 26, 2016No. Case Nos. ST-15-CR-309, ST-15-CR-310PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DONOHUE, SR., Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(January 26, 2016)
BEFORE THE COURT is a motion filed by the People of the Virgin Islands requesting that the undersigned judge recuse himself from presiding over these criminal cases allegedly because of bias and the appearance of impropriety. The People’s motion, which is actually a motion to disqualify, raises a question of first impression in this jurisdiction: whether members of the judiciary should be disqualified from presiding over a case involving the governor who appointed (or decided not to reappoint) that judicial officer. For the reasons that…
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