Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands

The Court affirmed the order awarding King primary physical custody of CJK and denying Hill's emergency relocation request. It held that the partial mediated settlement agreement left school selection unresolved, requiring the Superior Court to apply relevant best-interests factors to school, residence, and custody…

The Court affirmed denial of Velazquez’s habeas petition. It held that counsel was not ineffective for failing to seek exclusion of a suggestive single-photo identification because the identification was independently reliable, counsel reasonably challenged the procedure through cross-examination, and Velazquez could…