Legal Opinion
In re Drue
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided October 5, 2012No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2012-0051PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(October 5, 2012)
Cabret, Associate Justice.
Kerry Drue, Esq., refused to comply with an order to proceed to trial as counsel for Janice Rey, even though the Superior Court had denied her motions to withdraw as counsel. The court held her in contempt and fined her $100 for every day she refused to go to trial. Appealing the contempt sanction, Attorney Drue argues that a conflict of interest ethically requires her to withdraw her representation, that the Superior Court failed to conduct an inquiry into the conflict as required by the Sixth Amendment, and that the Superior…
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