Legal Opinion
People v. Whyte
Superior Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided January 22, 2015No. Case No. SX-13-CR-026PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtMolloy, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(January 22, 2015)
BEFORE THE COURT are the following motions filed by Defendant Keisha Whyte (“Defendant” or “Whyte”): 1) Motion to Dismiss With Prejudice for Insufficiency; 2) Motion to Dismiss an Unconstitutional Penal Statute; and 3) Motion for a Bill of Particulars. The Court held a hearing on these motions on September 26, 2014. For the reasons stated below, the Court will deny the motions.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In what appears to be the first criminal prosecution in the Virgin Islands commenced under 14 V.I.C. § 667, the People of the Virgin Islands (the…
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