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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 14 - Crimes » Chapter 1 - General Provisions » Subchapter IIA - Special Evidentiary Rules

§ 18. Admissibility of evidence obtained pursuant to warrant

Evidence obtained as a direct or indirect result of a search or seizure conducted pursuant to a lawfully issued order or warrant of a court shall be admissible in any trial, hearing or other proceeding before any court in the Virgin Islands, provided the evidence is competent, relevant and material.

§ 19. Prior inconsistent statements

Evidence of a prior statement, oral or written, made by a witness is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the prior statement is inconsistent with his testimony at a hearing or trial. After the witness has been given an opportunity at such hearing or trial to explain or deny the prior statement, the […]

§ 20. Immunity

(a) Immunity generally. Whenever a witness refuses, on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or provide other information in a proceeding before or ancillary to— (1) a court of the United States, (2) a court of the Virgin Islands, (3) any other investigation pursuant to Title 4, chapter 35 of the Virgin […]