Warner v. Government of the Virgin Islands

OPINION OF THE COURT

This matter is before us again upon remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit of this CourPs Order dismissing the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.1 Appellant challenges the Territorial Court's judgment imposing sentence despite a lengthy delay between acceptance of his guilty plea and sentencing. We had relied on an earlier Appellate Division decision2 strictly interpreting the language of V.I. Code Ann. tit. 4, § 33, limiting appeals in criminal cases to convictions after trial — "other than on a plea of guilty" — as not in violation of section…