Trinidad and Tobago – defendants appealed against conviction for murder and also against the sentences imposed.
Held: The fact alone that the Board was hearing an appeal against conviction and or sentence did not give it jurisdiction to order the commutation of the death penalty. Such an order required an application under a constitutional sentence.
Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Clarke, Lord Sumption, Lord Reed, Lord Toulson
[2015] UKPC 33, [2015] WLR(D) 340
Bailii, WLRD
Commonwealth, Crime, Criminal Sentencing, Constitutional
Updated: 03 January 2022; Ref: scu.551027