R v Earl Mowatt & R v Christopher Brown

JurisdictionJamaica
CourtUnspecified Court (Jamaica)
Year1990
Date1990

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4 cases
  • Raymond Hunter v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 19 May 2011
    ...in determining what weight should be given to the appellant's previous record. On this ground, Miss McBean referred us to R v Earl Mowatt & R v Christopher Brown (1990) 27 JLR 32, a case in which this court emphasised the desirability of harmonising sentences for convictions on similar char......
  • R v Gordon (Collin)
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 3 November 2005
    ...complainant was not life-threatening. She submitted that the sentence of 20 years on each count was excessive and relied on R v Mowatt (1990) 27 JLR 32, R v Brown (1990) 27 JLR 34, R v Delroy Scott (1989) 26 JLR 409 and R v Brown (1990) 27 JLR 321. 7 The sentencing of an offender lies in th......
  • Oneil Murray v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 9 May 2014
    ...the highly desirable aim of what Wright JA once referred to as ‘uniformity and proportionality in the system of sentencing’ (in R v Earl Mowatt, R v Christopher Brown (1990) 27 JLR 32, 35 ). 29 The application for leave to appeal against sentence is therefore granted. The hearing of the app......
  • Edwards (Byron) v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 6 November 2009
    ...same offence. The principle of uniformity must apply and as stated by Wright, J.A in the case of R v Earl Mowatt; R v Christopher Brown (1990) 27 JLR 32 (CA), the person who receives the higher sentence might be excused if he harbours a sense of grievance engendered by the lack of uniformit......