Review of Suppression Orders

[Repealed] SOURCE: Public Law 13-186. Repealed/reenacted by P.L. 15-94, § 2. Repealed by P.L. 15-147, §§ 11 and 12.] COURT DECISIONS: D.C. GUAM APP. DIV. 1980. Because, by P.L. 12-85 [Court Reorganization Act], the Guam Legislature removed all local jurisdiction from the District Court of Guam, the Guam Legislature may not thereafter give to the District Court new original jurisdiction. Organic Act § 22A. People v. Quitugua, D.C. Crim. App. ##79-0069A and 79-00075A [June 18, 1980]. C.A.9 1981. All stays of proceeding granted by the District Court pursuant to § 65.17 were ordered lifted by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which, in effect, reversed Quitugua. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in ruling upon § 65.17 before its amendment by P.L. 15-94, held that, because of the Organic Act, the Guam Legislature has the authority to determine the appellate jurisdiction of the District Court of Guam. It seems to be an inference from this decision that the Guam Legislature may determine the type of appeal also. However, this decision is not firm on this point. Further, the Ninth Circuit declared that all pending appeals pursuant to § 66.17 were to be dismissed because the Legislature, by its most recent amendment, removed all jurisdiction from the District Court of Guam to hear appeals or review, from defendants in situations formerly specified by § 65.17. People v. District Court of Guam [James, real party in interest], C.A.9 1981, No. 80-7352, 641 F.2d 616.