Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Kelvin Derricks
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 21, 1987No. 85-3089PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
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Kelvin Derricks, who was a St. Thomas police officer at the time of the events in question, appeals from his conviction of one count of official oppression under 14 V.I.C. § 703. The charge arose out of the complaint of Marilyn Stires that Derricks threatened her with arrest, jail, a fine and inability to work again if she did not engage in sexual activities with him. Derricks, who admitted that he had engaged in sex with Stires after she had been picked up by the police who believed she had been smoking marijuana, claims that the government’s evidence was factually…
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