Legal Opinion
Quetel v. Government of the Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided December 28, 2001No. Crim.App. 2001-63PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
On May 13, 1998, Lorraine Quetel [“Quetel” or “appellant”] pled guilty to one count of embezzlement in violation of sections 1093 and 1094(a)(2) of title 14 of the Virgin Islands Code. The charge arose from her embezzlement of $1.7 million from L.S. Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Little Switzerland [“Little Switzerland”], where Que-tel worked as a bookkeeper. Quetel had embezzled the funds along with her cousin and business partner, Lydia Magras [“Ma-gras”], at Bon Voyage Travel Agency [“Bon Voyage”]. The trial judge accepted the plea and sentenced Quetel to ten years imprisonment…
3Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. KozminskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Alfred B. Diggs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Paul M. Drefke, United States of America v. Richard O. JamesonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Nibbs v. RobertsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1995
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Elveth Warner, in No. 94-7381. Government of the Virgin Islands v. Jacqueline Monsanto-Swan, in No. 94-7289Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
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4Cited by2 opinions
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