GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS v. ROBINSON, JACKSON, A/K/A HUGHES, LAUREN LEWELL, Appellant

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a person who swings a two-by-four piece of wood at another individual uses a deadly weapon
• noting that, under the common law, “whether a weapon is deadly depends upon two factors: (1) what it intrinsically is and (2) how it is used.”
• noting that an ice pick may constitute a deadly weapon if, “from the manner used, [it] is calculated or likely to produce death or serious bodily injury”
• “A person who is attacked may only use reasonable and necessary force, and may not inflict more harm than is necessary to defend himself.”
• self- defense is a question for the jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).