(Trinidad and Tobago) A third trial for murder, with a capital sentence to follow, after a long delay, and when one verdict had been set aside, and a second jury undecided, became an abuse of process. This is usually a judge’s discretion and should be set aside only rarely.
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Times 27-May-1999, [2000] 1 WLR 384, [1999] UKPC 24, (Appeal No 33 of 1998)
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Cited – Boodram v The State PC 10-Apr-2001
(Trinidad and Tobago) On a retrial, the defendant’s counsel only became aware that there had been an earlier trial late in the proceedings, and, when he became aware of it, he did not try to obtain the transcript of the first trial in order to . .
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Criminal Practice, Commonwealth
Updated: 01 June 2022; Ref: scu.159356