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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. BRIGGS

No. CRIM. A.2000-168.

155 F.Supp.2d 455 (2001)

GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellant, v. Betty BRIGGS, Appellee.

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

July 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen Phelan Cormier, Assistant Attorney General, Virgin Islands Department of Justice, St. Thomas, VI, for Appellant.

Treston E. Moore, Esq., Moore & Dodson, St. Thomas, VI, for Appellee.

Before: RAYMOND L. FINCH, Chief Judge, District Court of the Virgin Islands; THOMAS K. MOORE, District Judge, District Court of the Virgin Islands; and PATRICIA D. STEELE, Territorial Court Judge, Division of St. Croix, Sitting by Designation.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The Government of the Virgin Islands ["government"] has appealed a judgment of acquittal granted by the Territorial Court in favor of the appellee, Betty Briggs ["Briggs" or "appellee"]. Briggs has moved the Court to dismiss the government's appeal, arguing that an appeal would violate Briggs' constitutional protections against double jeopardy and that the Appellate Division lacks jurisdiction because there is no statutory...

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