PC (Jamaica) The defendants appealed against their convictions for capital murder. Held: The appeals were allowed, and non-capital convictions substituted. It is not enough to comply with section 2(2), for the judge to give directions to the jury about the law of joint enterprise and as to whether the murder was committed in the circumstances … Continue reading Hunter, Moodie v The Queen: PC 8 Oct 2003

(Jamaica) Whether murder was a capital murder under Jamaican legislation. The board explained the effect of s2(2) of the Act. Where two or more persons are found guilty of any of the categories of murder referred to in subsection (1) – except that . .