DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  
 
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Criminal Action No. 2014-00055 
 
RAYMOND MATHURIN,  
 
 
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Defendant. 
 
 
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Attorneys: 
Alphonso G. Andrews, Jr., Esq., 
St. Croix, U.S.V.I. 
 
For the Government 
 
Omodare Jupiter, Esq.,  
St. Croix, U.S.V.I. 
 
For the Defendant 
 
ORDER 
 
UPON CONSIDERATION of Defendant’s Motion to Suppress (Dkt. No. 5), the 
Government’s response thereto (1:14-cr-00049, Dkt. No. 35), the evidence adduced at the 
suppression hearing, and for the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, filed 
contemporaneously herewith, it is hereby  
 
ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Suppress is GRANTED IN PART AND 
DENIED IN PART; and it is further 
 
ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Suppress is GRANTED in this matter as it 
relates to the statements Defendant made after Agent Gaumond informed him of the nature of the 
charges that he would face; and it is further  
 
ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Suppress is DENIED as it relates to any 
voluntary statements made by Defendant before he was placed in handcuffs—including, “I 
started these plants from seeds, but I’m not a big marijuana farmer.”; and it is further  
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ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Suppress is DENIED as it relates to the 
marijuana plants seized from Defendant’s property. 
 
SO ORDERED. 
Date:  January 29, 2015  
 
 
 
 
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WILMA A. LEWIS 
Chief Judge 
 
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