PC (Trinidad and Tobago) The defendant appealed his conviction for an unprovoked serious assault after the judge had failed to give a propensity direction.
Judges:
Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Hutton, Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough, Lord Scott of Foscot, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
Citations:
[2003] UKPC 36, [2004] Crim LR 228
Links:
Jurisdiction:
Commonwealth
Cited by:
Cited – Maye v The Queen PC 1-Jul-2008
(Jamaica) The defendant appealed his conviction for murder. He said that he had intervened in a fight between his girlfriend and her brother and that the deceased was killed in self defence. There had been three trials; two of the defendant and two . .
Cited – Mohammed, Regina v CACD 13-Jul-2005
The court granted permission to appeal against a conviction for murder on grounds that related to the judge’s summing up in respect of provocation: ‘Although Holley is a decision of the Privy Council and Morgan Smith a decision of the House of . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Crime
Updated: 07 June 2022; Ref: scu.181036
