48 U.S.C. § 1617

United States attorney; appointment; duties

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The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a United States attorney for the Virgin Islands to whose office the provisions of chapter 35 of title 28, shall apply. Except as otherwise provided by law it shall be the duty of the United States attorney to prosecute all offenses against the United States and to conduct all legal proceedings, civil and criminal, to which the Government of the United States is a party in the district court and in the courts established by local law. He shall also prosecute in the district court in the name of the government of the Virgin Islands all offenses against the laws of the Virgin Islands which are cognizable by that court unless, at his request or with his consent, the prosecution of any such case is conducted by the attorney general of the Virgin Islands. The United States attorney may, when requested by the Governor or the attorney general of the Virgin Islands, conduct any other legal proceedings to which the government of the Virgin Islands is a party in the district court or the courts established by local law.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1958–2017 · leading case: Gov't of the Virgin Islands v. Christensen, Arthur, 673 F.2d 713 (3rd Cir. 1982).

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Gov't of the Virgin Islands v. Christensen, Arthur, 673 F.2d 713 (3rd Cir. 1982). “See Revised Organic Act of 1954, § 27, 48 U.S.C. § 1617 .”

People v. Murrell, 56 V.I. 796 (2012). “” 48 U.S.C. § 1617 . Murrell further notes that the former 4 V.”

Glasser v. Gov't of the Virgin Islands, 853 F. Supp. 852 (D.V.I. 1994). “See Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands § 27 (codified at 48 U.S.C. § 1617 ) (stating that "[t]he United States Attorney may, when requested by the *105 governor or the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands, conduct any .”

The People of the Territory of Guam v. Bobby G. Inglett, 417 F.2d 123 (9th Cir. 1969). “§ 1424 (b) with 48 U.S.C. § 1617 . The proviso in the Virgin Islands statute is an understandable legislative reaction to the greater danger that the combination of functions in a single official in that territory might frustrate the intention that differing constitutional…”

Mitchell v. Mullgrav, 67 V.I. 953 (2017). “See 48 U.S.C. § 1617 (“[I]t shall be the duty of the United States attorney to prosecute all offenses against the United States and .”

Virgin Islands Hous. & Redevelopment Auth. v. 19.1078 Acres of Land, 161 F. Supp. 475 (D.V.I. 1958). “Counsel who appears for the Authority in this court has been employed by the Authority as its attorney pursuant to the express authorization of 29 V.”

Fed. Bureau of Investigation Auth. to Investigate a Killing in the Virgin Islands (OLC 1980). “” Under 48 U.S.C. § 1617 , the U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands is empowered to prosecute all offenses against the laws of the Virgin Islands which are cognizable rn United States District Court there.”

Gov't of the Virgin Islands v. Briggs, 19 V.I. 390 (1983). “The pertinent portion of § 27 of the Revised Organic Act of 1954 ( 48 U.S.C. § 1617 ) which created the Office of the United States Attorney reads as follows: [The United States Attorney] shall also prosecute in the district court in the name of the government of the Virgin…”

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