Case Law

• Author: Nadine C. Atkinson-Flowers
• Profession: Attorney-at-Law
• Pages: 81-95

Case Law

The cases cited here are not exhaustive on the particular principles being considered. However, they represent

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a matter. This section indicates the relevant citation and a brief summary of the laws in some instances.

Type of Offence/

Areas/Act

AuthorityBrief Summary of Case Law

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of Fundamental Rights and

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Constitution

Bell v DPP 

Privy Council, Jamaica

Prakash Boolell v The State

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Mervin Cameron v The

Attorney General [2018] JMFC

Full 1

Fair trial, within a reasonable time by an

independent and impartial court established

by law form part of the protection afforded

to the individual. The longer the delay...the

less likely it is that the accused can still be

afforded a fair trial…..

AccompliceR v Malek and Reyes

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There is much danger in convicting on the

uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice.

R v Baskerville

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The evidence of one accomplice cannot be

corroborated by the evidence of another

accomplice.

Calling a former accomplice

for the Crown

Per Archbold

practice is to omit such a person from the

indictment, take his or her plea of guilty

separately, sentence him or her, or enter a

nolle prosequi.

Accused

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R v Laing and Others

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a tribunal to form the basis of a conviction.

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R v Seymour Grant

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Voluntariness, as a test of admissibility, is

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alone.

Case Law

Chapter 9