Legal Opinion
People v. Daly
Superior Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided February 5, 2010No. Case No. SX-09-CR-641PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Senior Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(February 5, 2010)
THIS MATTER came before the Court on the People’s Motion for Bench Trial, the Defendant’s Opposition thereto, and the People’s Reply to the Defendant’s Opposition. The People’s motion relies solely on title 14, section 4 of the Virgin Islands Code as support for the Court’s authority to grant a bench trial. For the reasons which follow, this Court finds that the Revised Organic Act of 1954 (hereafter “the Revised Organic Act” or the “ROA”) determines a defendant’s entitlement to a trial by jury in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Downes v. BidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Dorr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Albion William BodleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Phillips v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2009
- Soto v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1921
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Murrell v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2010
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