PC (Trinidad and Tobago) The defendant appealed his conviction. He said that his counsel had failed to ensure that the judge should mention the fact that he was of previous good character in defending him.
Held: It is rare for a mistake by defence counsel to amount to a sufficient reason to consider his conviction unsafe. However the failure to mention good character might be such a reason, particularly where the defendant’s credibility had been an issue.
Judges:
Hoffmann, Hope, Hutton, Rodger LL, Otton
Citations:
Times 05-Nov-2002, [2002] UKPC 52
Links:
Citing:
Cited – Regina v Clinton CACD 1993
Where counsel’s conduct is called in question, the general principle requires the court to focus on the impact of the faulty conduct on the trial and result. . .
Cited by:
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 . .
Cited – Brown v The Queen (Jamaica) PC 13-Apr-2005
A police officer appealed against his conviction for manslaughter after being involved in a road traffic accident. Two were killed. The policemen complained as to the direction given on gross negligence manslaughter.
Held: Adomako could not . .
Cited – Mantoor Ramdhanie and others v The State PC 15-Dec-2005
PC (Trinidad and Tobago) The defendant appealed his conviction, saying he had not been properly able to pur forward his evidence of good character. The judge had prevented the defence putting questions to show a . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Commonwealth, Criminal Practice
Updated: 06 June 2022; Ref: scu.177793