Government of the Virgin Islands v. Desmond Bryan

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• recognizing that any attributes of sovereignty the Virgin Islands has derive from the Revised Organic Act
• reasoning that the “suggestion that an Act passed by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands is an Act of Congress is contrary to [Third Circuit] precedent”
• vacating district court’s dismissal with prejudice and remanding for failure to consider statutory factors
• applying the federal Speedy Trial Act to Virgin Islands Code offenses tried in the District Court even though it applies only to a \Federal criminal offense which is in violation of any Act of Congress\
• deciding appropriateness of dismissal with prejudice
• applying the Speedy Trial Act to Virgin Islands Code offenses tried in this Court, although by its definitional terms, the Act only applied to an \offense\ defined as \any Federal criminal offense which is in violation of any Act of Congress . ..\18 U.S.C. § 3172(2)

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