Legislators adopted a licence-revocation law imposing two years without driving privileges for simple drug possession and five years for other drug offences.[1][2] Courts later disagreed over its application to first offenders placed on probation without a conviction, until the Supreme Court protected that route in 2012.[2]
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References
- Virgin Islands Superior Court — People v. Rohn, 20 April 20112011 · SX-03-CR-113, printed pp. 2–3, 6–10 and 20; historical 1971 and 1990 laws, possession penalties and licence ruling. Reversed in Rohn v. People on 21 November 2012.
- Virgin Islands Supreme Court — Rohn v. People, 21 November 20122012 · S. Ct. Crim. No. 2011-0087, pp. 1–10, especially pp. 2–3 and 5–10; reverses licence revocation for first offenders receiving section 607(b)(1) probation without conviction.archived
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