No. 22-5678

Eugene Roberts v. Territory of the Virgin Islands

Lower Court: Virgin Islands
Docketed: 2022-09-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-violation disclosure due-process fifth-amendment giglio-violation internal-affairs internal-affairs-report right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-11-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Virgin Islands Supreme Court violated Appellant's constitutional right to due process and right to counsel by not granting a mistrial based on an in camera review where Appellant was not allowed to participate but the People were.

2. Whether the Virgin Islands Supreme Court violated Appellant's constitutional right to due process and right to counsel by not granting a mistrial based on an in camera review where Appellant was not allowed to participate but the People were.

3. Whether the Virgin Islands Supreme Court's failure to require full disclosure of the Internal Affairs' Use of Force Report pursuant to Brady and Giglio violated Appellant's constitutionally protected right to due process.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Virgin Islands Supreme Court violated Appellant's constitutional right to due process and right to counsel

Docket Entries

2022-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-10-18
Waiver of right of respondent Virgin Islands to respond filed.
2022-07-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 26, 2022)

Attorneys

Eugene Roberts
Renee D. DowlingP.O. box 1047, Petitioner
Virgin Islands
Michael Robert FranciscoDepartment of Justice - Virigin Islands, Respondent