United States v. Quitman

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that prosecutor’s improper comments did not justify reversal where the record showed the judge properly disregarded the comments
• holding that so long as statutory and mandatory minimums are respected, the judge’s sentencing discretion is protected, and the specific sentence selected above the minimum is entrusted to the judge’s careful judgment
• “To comply with the requirements of due process a statute must give fair warning as to the conduct that is prohibited.”
• “We review for plain error those issues not objected to at trial.”
• “Generally, the testimony of one witness is sufficient to prove any fact at trial, and a conviction can be sustained on the sole testimony of a single witness, even if there is testimony to the contrary.” (citing Francis v. People, 57 V.I. 201, 211 (V.I. 2012))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).