Legal Opinion
Francis v. People
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided October 23, 2015No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2015-0002PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(October 23, 2015)
Hodge, Chief Justice.
Cecil Francis appeals his conviction in the Superior Court on two counts of aggravated rape in the second degree, one count of unlawful sexual contact in the first degree, and one count of vagrancy. For the reasons that follow, we affirm Francis’s convictions for aggravated rape in the second degree and unlawful sexual contact in the first degree, but reverse his vagrancy conviction.
I. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT FACTS AND PROCEDURAL
POSTURE
On May 6, 2013, Francis was arrested and ultimately charged with four counts of aggravated rape in the…
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