United States v. Rathbone

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• explaining that time limits established by Virgin Islands Supreme Court Rule 5 are claims processing rules
• refusing to extend deadline for appeal because doing so under normal circumstances would “diminish society’s legitimate interest in the finality of a judgment that has been perfected by the expiration of the time allowed for direct review”
• “[Statutes should not be construed and applied in such a way that would result in injustice or absurd consequences.” (quoting Brady v. Gov’t of the V.I., 57 V.I. 433, 442-43 (V.I. 2012))
• sua sponte raising and enforcing Supreme Court Rule 5(b)(1

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