Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Mullgrav
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided October 16, 2017No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2015-0038PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(October 16, 2017)
Hodge, Chief Justice.
Ricardo Mitchell appeals from the Superior Court’s April 20, 2015 opinion and order, which denied his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Superior Court determined that it lacked jurisdiction over the petition because Mitchell had been convicted in the District Court of the Virgin Islands pursuant to its concurrent criminal jurisdiction under section 22(c) of the Revised Organic Act of 1954. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
On September 27, 2010, two Virgin Islands Police Department officers were conducting a…
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