The Supreme Court of Guam held that a revolver with a broken mainspring remained a firearm because Guam law focuses on design and capability, including capability after repair, rather than present operability.
The Supreme Court of Guam affirmed a three-year sentence after probation revocation, holding that detailed revocation findings supported an individualized sentencing decision.
The Supreme Court of Guam held that first-time methamphetamine sentences must require actual enrollment and attendance in rehabilitation, vacating a conditional treatment recommendation.
The Supreme Court of Guam ordered an evidentiary hearing on whether mandatory life without parole imposed for a crime committed at age nineteen violates the Organic Act, while leaving Guam’s unresolved compassionate-release gap for another day.
The Supreme Court of Guam overruled its prior decision, holding that discovery did not satisfy GRE 404(b) notice, and reversed Philips James Sablan’s conviction.
The Supreme Court of Guam unanimously reversed a probate court’s refusal to appoint a named executor, holding that neither a law license nor retained counsel is required to petition for letters testamentary under the Guam Probate Code, and that the statutory grounds of “improvidence” or “want of understanding” cannot be established solely by the petitioner’s failure to retain an attorney — even where the probate court acknowledged a severe attorney shortage on the island.