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V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3520 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 302 - Public Defender|Subchapter I - Office Established|§ 3520. Public Defender Administration Board

 (a) There is created a board to be known as the “Public Defender Administration Board” consisting of five persons, one of whom shall be the president of the Virgin Islands Bar Association or his designee, two of whom shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, provided, however, that of the two members appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, one shall be a resident of the St. Thomas/St. John District and one shall be a resident of the St. Croix district; one of whom shall be appointed by the Governor and one of whom shall be appointed by the President of the Legislature. The term of the members appointed by the Governor and the President of the Legislature shall be coterminous with those of the persons by whom they are appointed. Of the two members appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, one shall serve for three years and one shall serve for two years. Vacancies on the Board shall be filled for the unexpired term of the vacant member. The Board shall elect from among their number a Chairperson and such other officers as they may determine. Members of the Board shall receive a per diem of $75 for each day or part thereof spent in the performance of their official duties, plus any actual and necessary travel expenses. (b) The Public Defender Administration Board shall hire and be authorized to terminate all personnel and staff for the Office of Public Defender upon the recommendation of the Chief Public Defender. The Board shall hear and decide on all complaints and grievances of employees. The Board shall promulgate rules and regulations governing employees rights and relations with the right of appeal as to any adverse decision of the Board available to any aggrieved employee, pursuant to Title 5, Section 1421 et seq., Virgin Islands Code. The Board shall approve the annual budget for the office. (c) The members of the Public Defender Administration Board, while acting within the scope of their duties as members of such Board, shall not be subject to any personal or civil liability as a result of any of the Board's actions taken pursuant to its duties and responsibilities, unless the conduct of the member or members is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to constitute willful wrongdoing or gross negligence.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3521 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 302 - Public Defender|Subchapter I - Office Established|§ 3521. Public Defender Office established; division

 (a) There is established the Office of the Public Defender for the purpose of representing indigent criminal defendants appearing before the Superior Court. The Office of Public Defender shall be comprised of two (2) divisions, one of which shall be located in the Island District of St. Thomas/St. John and the other of which shall be located in the Island District of St. Croix. Each division of the Office of the Public Defender shall be comprised of one (1) or more attorney(s) licensed to practice law in the Virgin Islands or specifically admitted to practice law in the Virgin Islands on behalf of the Office of the Public Defender and such secretarial, investigative and clerical personnel as are necessary or desirable as determined by the Chief Public Defender within the scope of legislative appropriations made therefor. All other money, gifts, properly, proceeds from rent, sales, and all other gifts and contributions, including but not limited to financial or property gifts received by the Office of Public Defender, shall be placed in the account or accounts, as authorized to be established under this section. (b)  (1) The Chief Public Defender of the Office of the Public Defender may establish within the Office of the Public Defender an account or system of accounts and records, and an appropriate bank account for quarterly deposits of allotted funds and for prompt payment of operating expenses of the Office of the Public Defender except salaries and fringe benefits. All other money, gifts, property, proceeds from rent, sales, and all other gifts and contributions, including but not limited to financial or property gifts received by the Office of Public Defender, shall be placed in the account or accounts, as authorized to be established under this section. The use and disposal of the money and assets identified in this subsection shall be determined by the Public Defender's Administrative Board and the money and property identified in the account(s) shall remain available until expended in accordance to the authorization of the Board. (2) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make quarterly allotments of the annual appropriation to the Office of the Public Defender. (3) The Chief Public Defender shall submit to the Department of Finance by the 30th day of the month following the end of each quarter a quarterly report detailing the amount, the nature and justification of each item of expenditure in the previous quarter. The report shall be accompanied by receipts and any other documentation required by the rules and regulations of the Department of Finance's or by other laws of the Virgin Islands. The Chief Public Defender shall compile and submit an annual report to the Department of Finance and to the Legislature by the 30th day of the month following the end of the fiscal year.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3522 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 302 - Public Defender|Subchapter I - Office Established|§ 3522. Nomination and appointment of Public Defenders

 The Public Defender(s) of each division of the Office of the Public Defender shall be appointed by and shall serve at the will of the Public Defender Administration Board created by section 3520 of this chapter. The Board shall name one appointee as Chief Public Defender who shall serve a term of three years and may be reappointed. The Chief Public Defender may be terminated by the Board for cause. The Public Defender(s) for the St. Thomas/St. John division of the Office shall reside in said division. The Public Defender(s) for the St. Croix division of the Office shall reside in that division. Such Public Defender(s) shall be chosen on the basis of their experience and ability in defending persons accused of crime.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3523 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 302 - Public Defender|Subchapter I - Office Established|§ 3523. Compensation; office space, equipment and supplies

 Each Public Defender, including the Chief Public Defender, shall receive in full compensation for his services an amount to be determined by the Public Defender Administration Board; Provided, however, That the salary of a Public Defender shall not exceed the salary of the Chief Public Defender. Salaries for clerical and investigative staff shall be determined by the Chief Public Defender. The Chief Public Defender shall recommend to the Public Defender Administration Board such assistants as may be necessary. The Chief Public Defender shall prepare and submit an annual budget for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Territorial Public Defender to the Legislature.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3524 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 302 - Public Defender|Subchapter I - Office Established|§ 3524. Duties of Public Defender

 When representing an indigent client in a criminal proceeding before the Superior Court, the Public Defender shall counsel and defend such client at every stage of the proceedings against him, and at any appeals or other remedies before or after conviction that he considers to be in the interest of justice.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3524a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 302 - Public Defender|Subchapter I - Office Established|§ 3524a. Federal prisoner access to legal publications

 The Chief Public Defender is authorized and directed to annually survey all federal prisons which house prisoners incarcerated for the conviction of the violation of a criminal statute of the Virgin Islands, to determine if such facility has available to its prisoners Virgin Islands legal publications and materials. If it is determined that such facility does not have Virgin Islands legal publications and materials or any part thereof or supplement thereto, the Chief Public Defender shall forward to the facility the needed publications and materials. For the purpose of this section, “Virgin Islands legal publications and materials” means Volumes 1, 1A, 2, and 3 of the Virgin Islands Code, and the supplements thereto, and the volumes of the Virgin Islands Reports which do not appear in the Federal Reports.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3525 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 302 - Public Defender|Subchapter I - Office Established|§ 3525. Report

 The Chief Public Defender shall make an annual report to all members of the Board. The report shall contain a brief summary of all cases handled by the Office of the Public Defender during the preceding year.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3526 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 302 - Public Defender|Subchapter I - Office Established|§ 3526. Other practice of law prohibited

 Each Public Defender shall devote his full time to the discharge of his duties as such and shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law, nor shall he directly or indirectly refer any legal matter or civil or criminal litigation to any particular lawyer or lawyers or directly or indirectly recommend or suggest to any person the employment of a particular lawyer or lawyers to counsel, conduct, defend, or prosecute any legal matter or litigation when such action would conflict with his duties as Public Defender.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3527 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 302 - Public Defender|Subchapter II - Financial Statement|§ 3527. Financial statements; when required

 (a) To aid the Superior Court in determining the ability or inability of a person accused of an offense under section 3503 of this title, to retain his own counsel before such person is referred to the Office of Public Defender, he or his parent, guardian or custodian shall be required to complete, under oath, a detailed financial statement. Such financial statement shall contain a full disclosure of all assets, liabilities, current income, dependents and such other information as the court may require in order to determine whether such person should be provided legal assistance at public expense. (b) Whenever such person is granted legal assistance by the Public Defender, the financial statement required by this subchapter shall be filed in the court file of such person and shall be retained as a permanent part thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3528 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 302 - Public Defender|Subchapter II - Financial Statement|§ 3528. False statement; penalty

 Any person who submits to a court a materially false financial statement for the purpose of obtaining legal assistance at public expense shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3561 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter I - Arrest|§ 3561. Peace officers authorized to execute warrants of arrest

 (a) A peace officer is any inspector employed by the Taxicab Commission, marshal, deputy marshal, qualified probation officer of the Superior Court and Waste Management Authority Enforcement Officers, enforcement officer or Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Corrections Officer, the Director of the Fire Services, fire marshal, fire inspector, deputy fire inspectors I, II, and III, investigator of the Department of Justice, as designated by the Attorney General, enforcement officer of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs, Chief and Assistant Chief of Security, security officers and Sergeant-of-Arms of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands while on duty, Executive Security Officers of the Virgin Islands Police Department assigned to the Office of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, special agent within the Criminal Investigation Division of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and enforcement officer within the Treasury Division of the Department of Finance, enforcement officer of the Virgin Islands Port Authority, health inspectors of the Virgin Islands Department of Health, qualified security officers of the University of the Virgin Islands, Internal Affairs Agent of the Bureau of Corrections, internal affairs agents, to include but not limited to the Director and Assistant Director and agents of the Internal Affairs Bureau of the Virgin Islands Police Department, Virgin Islands Housing Authority Police Force, enforcement officers of the Virgin Islands Lottery, executive Director of the Peace Officers Standards and Training and investigators, enforcement officers of the Governor Juan F. Luis and Roy L. Schneider Hospitals, enforcement officer of the Virgin Islands Housing Authority and the Police Department or member of the police force. A warrant to arrest shall be directed to and executed by such officers. (b) In order to qualify for and maintain status as a peace officer for executing arrest warrants and making arrests under this subchapter, each individual shall meet the minimum requirements set forth by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council pursuant to title 23 Virgin Islands Code, Chapter 16, and successfully completes the academic training.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3562 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter I - Arrest|§ 3562. Arrest by peace officer with and without warrant

 A peace officer may make an arrest in obedience to a warrant delivered to him, or may, without a warrant, arrest a person — (1) for a public offense committed or attempted in his presence; (2) when a person has committed a felony, although not in his presence; (3) when a felony has in fact been committed and he has reasonable cause for believing the person to have committed it; (4) on a charge made, upon a reasonable cause, of the commission of a felony by the party; or (5) at night, when there is reasonable cause to believe that he has committed a felony.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3563 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter I - Arrest|§ 3563. Arrest by private person

 A private person may arrest another — (1) for a public offense committed or attempted in his presence; (2) when the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence; or (3) when a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3564 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter I - Arrest|§ 3564. Oral order of arrest

 A judge may orally order a peace officer or private person to arrest anyone committing or attempting to commit a public offense in the presence of such judge.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3565 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter I - Arrest|§ 3565. Procedure for arrest

 (a) An arrest is taking a person into custody, in a case and in the manner authorized by law. An arrest is made by actual restraint of the person of the defendant or by his submission to the custody of an officer. The defendant must not be subjected to any more restraint than is necessary for his arrest and detention. (b) If the offense charged is a felony, the arrest may be made on any day, and at any time of day or night. If it is a misdemeanor, the arrest cannot be made at night, unless the warrant so directs. (c) The person making an arrest must inform the person to be arrested of the intention to arrest him, of the cause of the arrest, and the authority to make it, except when the person to be arrested is actually engaged in the commission of or an attempt to commit an offense, or is pursued immediately after its commission, or after an escape. (d) Any person making an arrest may take from the person arrested all dangerous weapons which he may have about his person; and must deliver them to the judge before whom he is taken.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3566 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter I - Arrest|§ 3566. Use of force; escape or rescue; assistance

 (a) When the arrest is being made by an officer under the authority of a warrant, after information of the intention to make the arrest, if the person to be arrested either flees or forcibly resists, the officer may use all necessary means to effect the arrest. (b) To make an arrest, a private person if the offense is a felony, and a peace officer in all cases, may break open the door or window of a house, after having demanded admittance and explained the purpose for which admittance is desired, if the person to be arrested is in such house or if the person making the arrest has reasonable grounds for believing him to be therein. (c) Any person who has lawfully entered a house for the purpose of making an arrest may break open the door or window thereof if detained therein, when necessary for the purpose of liberating himself. An officer may do the same, when necessary for the purpose of liberating a person who, acting in his aid, lawfully entered for the purpose of making an arrest, and is detained therein. (d) If a person arrested escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and retake him at any time and in any place within the Virgin Islands. To retake the person escaping or rescued, the person pursuing may break open an outer or inner door or window of a dwelling house, if after notice of his intention he is refused admittance. (e) Any person making an arrest may orally summon as many persons as he deems necessary to aid him therein.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3570 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter II - Appearance Tickets|§ 3570. Appearance ticket; definition, form and content

 An appearance ticket is a written notice issued and subscribed by a peace officer authorized to issue an appearance ticket, directing a designated person to appear in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands at a future date in connection with his alleged commission of a misdemeanor offense. A notice conforming to this definition constitutes an appearance ticket regardless of whether it is referred to in some other provision of law as a summons or by any other name or title.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3571 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter II - Appearance Tickets|§ 3571. Appearance ticket when and by whom issuable

 (a) Peace officers designated in title 5 Virgin Islands Code section 3561 may issue appearance tickets for misdemeanor offenses committed or attempted in their presence. (b) Peace officers authorized pursuant to title 5 Virgin Islands Code section 3562 to arrest a person without a warrant for a misdemeanor offense may issue to and promptly serve upon the person an appearance ticket.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3572 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter II - Appearance Tickets|§ 3572. Appearance ticket; where returnable; how and where served

 (a) An appearance ticket must be made returnable in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. (b) An appearance ticket must be served personally at the time the offense is committed or attempted to be committed.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3573 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter II - Appearance Tickets|§ 3573. Appearance ticket; filing a complaint in the Superior Court; dismissal of insufficient complaint

 (a) At or before the time the appearance ticket is returnable, the Attorney General shall file with the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands a complaint charging the person named in the appearance ticket with the offense specified therein, consistent with Superior Court Rule 123(a)(5), relating to the filing of complaints. (b) If the complaint is not sufficient on its face, as prescribed in Superior Court Rules 121, relating to the form of complaints and notices in lieu of complaint, and 123(a)(5), and if the court is satisfied that on the basis of the available facts or evidence it would be impossible to draw and file a complaint that is sufficient on its face, the court shall dismiss the complaint. (c) If the court finds that the complaint is sufficient on its face, as prescribed by Superior Court Rules 121 and 123(a)(5), then the court shall proceed in accordance with Superior Court Rules 123(b) and the other relevant Rules of Part IV, Superior Court Rules, Procedure in the Criminal Division.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3574 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter II - Appearance Tickets|§ 3574. Appearance ticket; defendant's failure to appear

 If after the service of an appearance ticket and the filing of the complaint charging the offense designated therein, the defendant does not appear in the Superior Court at the time the appearance ticket is returnable, the court may issue a summons or a warrant of arrest based on the complaint. No warrant of arrest may be issued unless the defendant has failed to appear in court as required by the terms of the appearance ticket or by the court.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3575 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 305 - Proceedings Before Trial|Subchapter II - Appearance Tickets|§ 3575. Appearance ticket; fingerprinting of defendant

 Upon the arraignment of a defendant who has not been arrested and whose court appearance has been secured by the issuance and service of an appearance ticket, the court must direct that the defendant be fingerprinted by the appropriate police officer or agency and that he appear at the appropriate designated time and place for that purpose.