Index

• Author: George Belnavis
• Profession: Attorney-at-law of over 30 years practice at both the Public and Private Bar and is currently Senior Tutor II at the Norman Manley Law School, Kingston, where he has taught for nearly 20 years
• Pages: 295-304

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Absolute discharge: sentencing and, 191–

195

Accused: absence of the, 117; dealing with

the, 2; and committal proceedings, 69–

70, 73, 74, 75, 76–77, 79–84; issue of

the summons to the, 54–60; issue of

warrants to the, 60–64; presence of the,

111–114

Addresses: in the summary trial, 137–139

Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous

Provisions) Act 2005 (T&T), bail under

the, 22

Alexander v William (1984): application of

judgment in, 254

Alibi: definition of, 105

Alibi warning: committal proceedings and,

100–106

Antigua & Barbuda: absolute discharge in,

191; addresses in the summary trail,

137–139; appeals in, 239, 243, 245,

256–257, 263, 272, 275, 279–280;

appointment and function of the JP in,

46; appointment and functions of

magistrates in, 36, 38–39; bail in, 18–

19, 106, 254; the Bench and bias in;

118; binding over, 195; committal

proceedings in, 67, 69, 72–74, 85–86,

79; compensation in, 225–226;

criminal responsibility in, 158; the

defence case in, 132; fresh evidence in,

267; estreating the bond in, 32; fines

in, 199–200; guilty plea in, 121;

imprisonment in, 212–213 ingredients

of the complaint in, 6; issue of summons

in, 55; judicial districts in, 42;

jurisdiction of magistrates in, 43, 44, 67;

juvenile courts in, 160; juveniles in, 157,

159; legal representation in, 136; no-

case submission in, 131; pleas in, 120,

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127; probation in, 208-209;

preliminary enquiry in, 70; rule against

duplicity in, 8; sentencing in, 191;

summary trial in, 111, 115, 117, 128–

130; transfer of sentencing in, 229; trial

either way in, 144, 150; the verdict in,

139; witnesses in, 64; witness orders in,

95–96; written statements in the

preliminary enquiry in, 85–86

Appeal: abandonment of the, 272–274;

bail pending, 254–256; case stated,

278–286; determination of, 274–278;

effects of, 243––245; fresh evidence

and, 267–271; grounds for, 256–262;

and the hearing, 266–267; initiating

the, 245; and judicial review, 287–288;

notice of, 245–249; powers of the court

of, 266; process after filing notice of,

263–266; representation and

appearance and the, 271–272; right

of, 239–243

Appeals, 239–288

Assignment of courts: and Judicial districts,

42–43

Attendance: enforcement of, 54–60

Bahamas, The: addresses in the summary

trail, 137–139; alibi warning in, 100;

appeals in, 239–240, 243, 245, 257,

263, 275, 280; appointment and

function of the JP in, 46, 47;

appointment and function of magistrates

in, 36, 39; bail in, 19, 23, 26, 29, 255;

the Bench and bias in, 118; binding

over in, 196; committal proceedings in,

67, 76–77; community service orders

in, 217–218; compensation in, 226;

conditional discharge in, 194; the

defence case in, 133, 134; fresh evidence