Tobal v. People

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• explaining that the Revised Organic Act serves as a de facto constitution for the Virgin Islands which the Legislature may not override
• “[SJection 3 of the Revised Organic Act mandates that Virgin Islands judges grant bail in sufficient sureties to all defendants other than those charged with first degree murder where the proof is evident or the presumption is great.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Murrell v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-09-13· cited 64×
• Rivera-Moreno v. Government of the Virgin Islands
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-09-26· cited 51×
• Bryan v. Fawkes
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-08-28· cited 45×
• Martinez v. Colombian Emeralds, Inc.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-03-04· cited 34×
• Williams v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-04-19· cited 12×
• Todmann v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-10-22· cited 9×
• Cantois v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-09-05· cited 2×
• People v. Velasquez
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-01-16· cited 1×
• Mitchell v. Wilson
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-04-20· cited 1×
• People v. Rosario
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-05-20· cited 1×
• Kendall v. Daily News Publishing Co.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-05-27
• People v. Velasquez
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-07-31
• People v. Fenton
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-05-13
• People v. Womack
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-06-08
• Berthier v. People of the Virgin Islands
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2024-12-05
• People of the Virgin Islands v. Alain Rodriguez Rionda
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2021-03-09
• People of the Virgin Islands v. Jimmy Davis
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2022-11-29

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Salerno
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-26· cited 5,104×
• St. Thomas-St. John Board of Elections v. Daniel
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2007-09-17· cited 196×
• State v. Menillo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1970-03-11· cited 66×
• Martin v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-01-02· cited 48×
• Mello v. Superior Court
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1977-02-18· cited 44×
• Virgin Islands Public Services Commission v. Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2008-06-09· cited 41×
• State v. Pett
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1958-09-16· cited 34×
• State v. Pray
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1975-10-07· cited 32×
• Browne v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2008-08-29· cited 27×
• Samm v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-09-22· cited 19×
• Wallace v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1952-01-11· cited 16×
• In re Ball
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1920-03-23· cited 15×
• Palmer v. District Court
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1965-01-25· cited 14×
• Simms v. Oedekoven
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1992-09-28· cited 14×
• Brill v. Gurich
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1998-09-23· cited 13×
• Henley v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1996-04-01· cited 8×
• Ex Parte Colbert
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-06-01· cited 7×
• United States v. Kenney
  D. Maine· 1985-02-26· cited 7×