Case Caption: Davis vs. People of the VICase Number: SCT-CRIM-2024-0098Date: 06/04/2026Author: Form Field 42Swan, Ive Arlington Citation: 2026 VI 11Summary: Considering an appeal from the Superior Court’s September 10, 2024 judgment and sentence finding the defendant guilty of burglary in the third degree in violation of 14 V.I.C. § 444(1) and sentencing him to time served, the trial court neither abused its discretion in accepting the defendant’s plea tendered under North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970) pursuant to Rule 11 of the Virgin Islands Rules of Criminal Procedure, nor invalidated the knowing, voluntary, and intelligent nature of such plea by conducting a thorough colloquy on the record. Accordingly, the trial court’s judgment and sentence entered upon accepting the plea are affirmed.Attachment: Open Document or Opinion