Legal Opinion

Potter v. People

Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands

Decided June 15, 2012No. S. Ct. Criminal No. 2011-0063PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

(June 15, 2012)

HODGE, C.J.

Neville Potter appeals from a September 20, 2011 Judgment and Commitment of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, adjudging him guilty of six counts, including two counts of murder in the first degree; one count of assault in the third degree; and three counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm during the commission of the predicate offenses.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT FACTS AND PROCEDURAL POSTURE

On February 8, 2009, Marvis Chamaro and Jack Diehl were shot and killed in the Mandahl Bay area of St.…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. United States v. VonnSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Simmonds v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2013
  2. Crews v. County of NassauDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2014
  3. Williams v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2013
  4. Williams v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2013
  5. Jackson-Flavius v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2012

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