Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Connor v. People

Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands

Decided July 2, 2013No. S. Ct. Crim. No. 2011-0021Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partSwan, Associate Justice

The Appellant, Jean Clifton Connor (“Connor”), was convicted of four counts in an information, which included first degree robbery and grand larceny. Because I believe the trial court committed plain error by ignoring a statutory requirement for a conviction of grand larceny, Appellant’s grand larceny conviction should be reversed.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

At approximately noon on September 28, 2010, Danton Choute (“Choute”) was at his residence in the Hospital Ground area of St. Thomas preparing for a flight to Puerto Rico the same day, when he heard a knock at his door. At the door was…

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