(Jamaica) A failure to comply with Jamaica’s own rules on disclosure was a material irregularity. Where credibility is in issue, a good character direction is always relevant.
Citations:
Gazette 15-Jul-1992, [1992] 2 AC 364
Jurisdiction:
Commonwealth
Cited by:
Cited – Marvin Murphy v The Queen PC 22-Nov-2001
(The Bahamas) The appellant had been convicted of burglary and robbery. The conviction depended upon identification by one witness who had given several differing descriptions. The trial was long delayed, and the appellant who was not represented . .
Cited – Teeluck and John v The State PC 23-Mar-2005
(Trinidad and Tobago) The defendant appealed against his conviction saying that his defence had been incompetent in having failed to require the judge to give a good character direction to the jury.
Held: The appeal was allowed. Recent cases . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Criminal Practice, Commonwealth
Updated: 05 October 2022; Ref: scu.78367
