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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS IN INTERESTS OF A.A.

D.C.Crim.App. No. 95-105. D.C.Crim. Nos. 95-119 to 95-121 and 95-138.

931 F.Supp. 1247 (1996)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, in the Interests of A.A., Minor/Appellant. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, in the Interests of C.B., Minor/Appellant. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, in the Interests of N.G., Minor/Appellant. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, in the Interests of C.C., Minor/Appellant. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, in the Interests of J.M., Minor/Appellant.

District Court, Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John, Appellate Division.

Decided June 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald T. Mitchell, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for Appellant A.A.

Leslie L. Payton, Office of the Territorial Public Defender, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for Appellants C.B. and J.M.

Andrew L. Capdeville, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for Appellant N.G.

Denise Francois, and Adam G. Christian, Law Offices of Hodge & Francois, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for Appellant C.C.

Maureen Phelan, and Joel Feld, Assistant Attorneys General, Virgin Islands Department of Justice, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for Appellee Government of the Virgin Islands.

Before THOMAS K. MOORE, Chief Judge, District Court of the Virgin Islands; RAYMOND L. FINCH, Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix, Virgin Islands; and MARIA M. CABRET, Territorial Court Judge, Division of St. Croix, Sitting by Designation.

PER CURIAM.

We consolidated these five juvenile cases on appeal from the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands for decision since they all challenge the procedures applied by the Territorial Court to mandatory transfers of juvenile offenders from the Family Division to the Criminal Division for treatment as adults under V.I.CODE ANN. tit. 5, §§ 2508 and 2509. For the reasons stated herein, we will reverse the remaining four transfer orders

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