GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. ETIENNE

Crim. No. 91-130.

810 F.Supp. 659 (1992)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Edison ETIENNE, Defendant/Appellant.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas and St. John.

December 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deana M. Bölling, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, St. Thomas, VI, for plaintiff/appellee.

Treston E. Moore, Grunert, Stout, Moore & Bruch, St. Thomas, VI, for defendant/appellant.

Before STANLEY S. BROTMAN, Senior United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Sitting by Designation; ALFRED M. WOLIN, United States District Court Judge for the District of New Jersey, Sitting by Designation; JULIO A. BRADY, Territorial Court Judge, Division of St. Croix, Sitting by Designation.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the Territorial Court's conviction of Edison Etienne ("Etienne") on one count for possession of a firearm in violation of 14 V.I.C. § 2253(a).1

I. BACKGROUND

The events immediately preceding Etienne's arrest on firearm possession began on Saturday, February 23, 1991 when Etienne arrived at the Windward Hotel in a rental car with two associates, Maurice...

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