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Chris George v. Territory of the Virgin Islands

Paid petition · Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, No. 2017-0042 · judgment July 5, 2018

Certiorari denied · January 11, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

  1. (a) What legal authority or standing does the V.I. Government have to take me a private individual into its administrative/ commercial court (Magistrate Court) and convict me of “criminal misdemeanor”, when at the time of the “traffic stop,” I was not an employee of the government, I was not engaged in trafficking anything neither was I contracted with the government? (b) What is the definition of a “motor-vehicle”? (c) Can a private automobile be classified in statute as a “motorvehicle” when it is not being used for commercial purposes? Chris George

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Chris George

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 11 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 02 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  3. Oct 03 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2020)