Court Opinion

ID: 9456595
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 19:57:28.19+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:02.307534
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SEITZ, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by the majority.
I agree with Judge Freedman’s opinion to the extent he holds that the discretionary right of appeal for juveniles found in 4 V.I. Code § 33 constitutes a violation of the juvenile’s equal protection rights in that it denies him the. same right of appeal as is accorded adults convicted of the same criminal offense. I find it unnecessary to decide whether section 33 is also constitutionally defective in providing only a discretionary appeal right for a juvenile in other situations where he has been deprived of his liberty as a result of a decree of the Municipal Court.