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V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3671 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 311 - Judgment and Execution|§ 3671. Execution of judgment for imprisonment or fine

 (a) When a judgment of conviction in a criminal action has been entered, the clerk shall forthwith furnish to the marshal a certified copy of the original judgment, and no other warrant or authority is necessary to justify its execution. Upon the expiration of any stay of execution to which the defendant may be entitled, the marshal shall execute the judgment forthwith. (b) If the judgment is for imprisonment, or a fine and imprisonment until it be paid, the defendant shall be committed to the custody of the proper officer, and by him detained until the judgment is complied with. The marshal shall take and deliver the defendant to the authorized representative of the Commissioner of Public Safety or of the Attorney General of the United States, as the case may be. He shall also deliver to such representative the certified copy of the judgment, and take from the representative a receipt for the body of the defendant. (c) If the judgment imposes a fine or penalty, whether alone or with any other kind of punishment, the judgment, so far as the fine or penalty is concerned, may be enforced by execution against the property of the defendant in like manner as judgments in civil actions. If the judgment directs imprisonment until the fine is paid, the issue of execution on the judgment shall not discharge the defendant from imprisonment until the amount of the judgment is paid.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3672 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 311 - Judgment and Execution|§ 3672. Concurrent and consecutive sentences

 (a) A judgment imposing a sentence of imprisonment shall specify whether the sentence is to be served concurrently with or consecutively to any other sentence imposed at the same time or prior thereto. If the sentences are to be served consecutively, the judgment shall specify when each sentence is to begin with reference to the termination of any other sentence. (b) Unless the judgment specifically postpones the commencement of a sentence pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, such sentence shall commence to run on the date fixed in section 3673 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3673 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 311 - Judgment and Execution|§ 3673. Commencement of sentence

 Except as provided in section 3672 of this title and Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the sentence of imprisonment of any person convicted of an offense in the district court or Superior Court of the Virgin Islands shall commence to run from the date on which he is received at the penitentiary, reformatory, or jail for service of the sentence. If he is committed to a jail or other place of detention to await transportation to the place at which his sentence is to be served, his sentence shall commence to run from the date on which he is received at the jail or other place of detention.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3674 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 311 - Judgment and Execution|§ 3674. Credit for time in custody for lack of bail

 Whenever a person is accused of an offense and bail is allowed and fixed pending trial, but by reason of poverty, he is unable to secure bondsmen and is therefore held in custody while awaiting trial, and is thereafter sentenced to a term of imprisonment, his term of imprisonment shall be reduced by the time already spent in custody from the time of the arrest to the time when sentence is rendered.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3675 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 311 - Judgment and Execution|§ 3675. Imprisonment for nonpayment of fine; indigent prisoners

 (a) A judgment that the defendant pay a fine, or a fine and costs, may also direct that he be imprisoned until the same is satisfied, specifying the extent of imprisonment which shall not exceed one day for each two dollars of the fine, or fine and costs. In no event shall the extent of such imprisonment exceed six months. (b) When an indigent prisoner, sentenced under subsection (a) of this section to pay a fine, or a fine and costs, with or without imprisonment, has been confined in prison thirty days, solely for the nonpayment of the fine, or fine and costs, he may make application in writing to the Board of Parole, setting forth his inability to pay the fine, or fine and costs. If after such investigation as the Board of Parole deems necessary in each case and on examination of the reasons set forth in said application and evidence which may be offered in support of and against the same it appears to the Board of Parole that such convict is unable to pay such fine, or fine and costs, and that he has not any property exceeding thirty dollars in value except such as is by law exempt from being taken on execution for debt, the Chairman or Acting Chairman shall administer to him the following oath: “I do solemnly swear that I have not any property real or personal, to the amount of thirty dollars, except such as is by law exempt from being taken in civil precept for debt by the laws of the Virgin Islands; and that I have no property in any way conveyed or concealed or disposed of for my future use or benefit. So help me God”. Thereupon the Board of Parole shall make recommendations to the Governor regarding the pardon or parole of such convict. This subsection shall not apply to persons convicted of a previous felony or of more than 3 misdemeanors within the preceding 5 years.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3676 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 311 - Judgment and Execution|§ 3676. Liability of person making the complaint in Superior Court

 (a) When the defendant in the Superior Court is found not guilty he shall be immediately discharged and if it appear to the judge that the prosecution was malicious or without probable cause he shall cause an entry to such effect to be made in the minutes of the court. (b) Upon making the entry prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, the court may give judgment against the person making the complaint for the costs and disbursements of the action, and require him to pay the same or give satisfactory security therefor, by a written undertaking, with one or more sureties to be approved by the judge, and to pay the same to the court, within thirty days from the date of such judgment. (c) The judgment for costs and disbursements referred to in subsection (b) of this section may be enforced against the person making the complaint if he does not pay the same or give the required security therefor, in all respects as a judgment for costs in a civil action; but if he gives the required security therefor, the judgment may be enforced at the expiration of the thirty days, against the person making the complaint and his sureties in the undertaking in all respects as a judgment for money in civil action.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3720 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 313 - Probation|§ 3720. Report of probation officer and arrest of probationer

 When directed by the court, the probation officer shall report to the court, with a statement of the conduct of the probationer while on probation. The court may thereupon discharge the probationer from further supervision and may terminate the proceedings against him, or may extend the period of probation, as shall seem advisable. At any time within the probation period, the probation officer may for cause arrest the probationer wherever found, without a warrant. At any time within the probation period, or within the maximum probation period permitted by section 3711 of this title, the court may issue a warrant for his arrest for violation of probation occurring during the probation period. The warrant may be executed by the probation officer or by any officer authorized to execute a warrant of arrest. As speedily as possible after arrest the probationer shall be taken before the court. Thereupon the court may revoke the probation and require him to serve the sentence imposed, or any lesser sentence, and, if imposition of sentence was suspended, may impose any sentence which might originally have been imposed.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3721 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 313 - Probation|§ 3721. Restitution to victims

 If a person is convicted of a crime and is otherwise eligible, the court, by order, may withhold sentence or impose sentence and stay its execution, and in either case place the person on probation for a stated period, stating in the order the reasons therefor, and may impose any conditions of the probation which appear to be reasonable and appropriate to the court. If the court places the person on probation, the court shall require restitution designed to compensate the victim's pecuniary loss resulting from the crime to the extent possible, unless the court finds there is substantial reason not to order restitution as a condition of probation. If the court does not require restitution to be paid to a victim, the court shall state its reason on the record. The court may require that restitution be paid to an insurer or surety or government entity which has paid any claims or benefits to or on behalf of the victim. If the court does require restitution, it shall specify the amount. If the court does require restitution, it shall require the person or defendant to pay a surcharge equal to 5 percent of the amount of restitution to the clerk of the court for administrative expenses under this section.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3731 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3731. Definitions

 For purposes of this chapter (1) “Court” means the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. (2) “Confidential Records” means records that are kept by the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, the Department of Justice and the Virgin Islands Police Department after an expungement. (3) “Crime” or “offense” means as an act committed or omitted in violation of a law of the Virgin Islands and punishable by either imprisonment, or fine, or removal from office, or disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit. (4) “Expungement” means the sealing, of criminal records within any court, correctional facility, police department or other law enforcement agency, concerning a person's arrest, detention, apprehension, trial or disposition of an offense within the criminal justice system. (5) “Records” include all arrest records, complaints, warrants, summons, commitments, processing records, photographs, judicial docket records, fingerprints and the collection of DNA samples.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3732 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3732. Expungement of criminal records—when they may be expunged

 The arrest record, including fingerprints, mugshots and DNA samples, and any other police or judicial proceeding records of a person must be expunged upon petition to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands when: (1) A person successfully completes the Pretrial Intervention Program under title 5 V.I.C., Section 4611 et seq.; (2) A person has received a statement of Nolle Prosequi, because the People are unable to meet their burden of proof; (3) A person whose case has been dismissed with prejudice and the person has no other charges or arrest pending; or (4) A person has been arrested, and no complaint or information has been filed and the statute of limitation has expired.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3733 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3733. Expungement of criminal records—when expungement required

 (a) The records of an arrest, a criminal complaint or an information that does not result in a conviction must be expunged upon Petition to the Court: (1) Where the case has been dismissed without prejudice and the statute of limitation has expired. (2) Where the case has been tried and there was an acquittal. (3) Where there is a statement of Nolle Prosequi, and the People have not filed an information or complaint and the statute of limitation has expired. (b) The records of an arrest, a complaint or an information that does not result in a conviction may be expunged by petition to the court except: (1) Where a person flees the jurisdiction to avoid prosecution; or (2) Where a person has a subsequent arrest, unless there are extraordinary circumstances to which the court finds expungement in the best interest of public policy.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3734 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3734. Expungement of misdemeanor conviction

 (a) The Court may expunge the record of a misdemeanor conviction of an individual, including finger prints, photographs, and DNA samples, and records of other police or judicial proceedings of the individual, upon the petition of the individual and subject to the provisions of this chapter and rules of the Court. Any person wishing to have his record of misdemeanor conviction expunged must petition the Court and send a copy of the Petition to the Department of Justice. (b) The Department of Justice has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that a Petition for Expungement should not be granted. The Court shall grant the Petition for Expungement, if the Department of Justice fails to meet its burden.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3735 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3735. Expungement petition

 (a) The Petition for expungement must include the following: (1) The name of the Petitioner; (2) The offense for which the Petitioner was arrested; and (3) A certified copy of the arrest, complaint or information. (b) The Petition must also include the following: (1) A copy of the Petitioner's criminal record; and (2) A sworn statement by the Petitioner that there are no charges pending against him. (c) The Petitioner shall serve the Department of Justice, which has 30 days to respond. If the Department of Justice objects to the expungement, the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands shall set the matter on for a hearing. If the Department of Justice elects not to file an opposition to the Petition for Expungement, or does not file a timely objection, the Court may grant the Petition for Expungement. (d) The Superior Court may schedule a hearing for expungement despite the lack of opposition or response from the Department of Justice, if the Petitioner is seeking to have more than one record of misdemeanor conviction expunged.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3736 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3736. Hearing on petition for expungement

 At the hearing for the Petition for Expungement the court shall consider the following: (a) Whether Petitioner is employed, in school or in the armed forces; and (b) Any other fact that the court may consider relevant to the proceeding.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3737 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3737. Non-appealable

 (a) Waiting times are calculated from the day a person completes the jail term or probation term whichever is later. (b) Waiting times are as follows: (1) A person who serves between zero and 14 days in jail must wait 6 months before filing a Petition for Expungement of the conviction. (2) A person who serves between 14 days and 60 days must wait 1 year before filing a Petition for Expungement of the conviction. (3) A person who serves between 61 days and 180 days must wait 2 years before filing a Petition for Expungement of the conviction. (4) A person who serves between 181 and three hundred and sixty five 365 days must wait 5 years from before filing a Petition for Expungement of the conviction.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3738 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3738. Effect of expungement

 Upon the issuance of an expungement order, the Petitioner shall be treated as not having been or arrested except for the keeping of confidentiality records.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3739 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3739. Expunged records

 The Superior Court may order the disclosure of the expunged conviction records to the following: (a) A court when preparing presentences, conducting jury selection, detention, or setting bail; and (b) an agency of the territorial or federal government that is considering the person for a position.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3740 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3740. Enforcement

 Upon entry of an Expungement Order, the Superior Court shall cause a certified copy of the order to be delivered to the Commissioner of Police who shall have 10 days after receipt to expunge the arrest record of the person whose name appear on the order and shall have ten additional days to notify the National Crime Information Center and any other Agency which receives copy of arrest records that the arrest record of the person whose name appears on the Order should be treated as not having been arrested and no record of the National Crime Information Center or of any other agency shall be accepted in any Court of the Virgin Islands after an Order of Expungement has been entered by the Court. The Superior Court may make and adopt any rules necessary to carry out the mandates of this Act.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3741 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part I - Procedure Generally|Chapter 314 - Expungement|§ 3741. Retroactivity

 This Chapter shall have retroactive effect.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3801 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 331 - Criminal Extradition|§ 3801. Definitions

 Where appearing in this chapter, the term “Governor” includes any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law applicable to the Virgin Islands. The term “Executive Authority” includes the Governor, and any person performing the functions of Governor in a state other than the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3802 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 331 - Criminal Extradition|§ 3802. Fugitives from justice; duty of Governor

 Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the Governor of the Virgin Islands to have arrested and delivered up to the Executive Authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3803 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 331 - Criminal Extradition|§ 3803. Form of demand

 No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another state shall be recognized by the Governor unless in writing alleging, except in cases arising under section 3806 of this title, that the accused was present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, and that thereafter he fled from the state, and accompanied by a copy of an indictment found or by information supported by affidavit in the state having jurisdiction of the crime, or by a copy of an affidavit made before a magistrate judge there, together with a copy of any warrant which was issued there-upon; or by a copy of a judgment of conviction or of a sentence imposed in execution thereof, together with a statement by the Executive Authority of the demanding state that the person claimed has escaped from confinement or has broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole. The indictment, information, or affidavit made before the magistrate judge must substantially charge the person demanded with having committed a crime under the law of that state; and the copy of indictment, information, affidavit, judgment of conviction or sentence must be authenticated by the Executive Authority making the demand.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3804 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 331 - Criminal Extradition|§ 3804. Governor may investigate case

 When a demand shall be made upon the Governor of the Virgin Islands by the Executive Authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the Governor may call upon the United States attorney to investigate or assist in investigating the demand, and to report to him the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded, and whether he ought to be surrendered.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3805 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 331 - Criminal Extradition|§ 3805. Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left the demanding state under compulsion

 When it is desired to have returned to the Virgin Islands a person charged in the Virgin Islands with a crime, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against him in another state, the Governor of the Virgin Islands may agree with the Executive Authority of such other state for the extradition of such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or his term of sentence in such other state, upon condition that such person be returned to such other state at the expense of the Virgin Islands as soon as the prosecution in the Virgin Islands is terminated. The Governor of the Virgin Islands may also surrender on demand of the Executive Authority of any other state any person in the Virgin Islands who is charged in the manner provided in section 3823 of this title with having violated the laws of the state whose Executive Authority is making the demand, even though such person left the demanding state involuntarily.