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Phillips v. People

Citations

  • 51 V.I. 258
  • 2009 WL 707182
  • 2009 V.I. Supreme LEXIS 16

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  • holding that the Legislature intended for Uniform Rules of Evidence to apply to all cases — including criminal cases — despite their placement in a subtitle titled “Civil Procedure.”
  • stating that newly discovered evidence was merely cumulative and impeaching without further discussion
  • determining, sua sponte, that the Uniform Rules of Evidence, rather than the Federal Rules of Evidence, applied to the underlying case

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Judges: Cabret, Hodge, Swan

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