R v Melvin Spragg

JurisdictionJamaica
Year1975
Date1975
CourtCourt of Appeal (Jamaica)
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7 cases
  • Molina (Freddy Leonel Galue), Monica Tapias Pena, Jean Carlos Molina Montalvo, Gloria Plaico Obregon v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 27 June 2008
    ...Counsel referred to the cases of Regina v. Henry Rivas and Giovanni Infante R.M.C.A. 33/2002 delivered on the 20 th December, 2002 and Regina v. Spragg (1975) 13 J.L.R. 57. 16 In ground 4 Counsel for the appellants complained that the learned Resident Magistrate erred when she held that the......
  • R v Alvarez (Mario)
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 31 July 2006
    ...the appellant of the money even after his conviction. The appeal ought to be allowed. He relied on R v Vincent Whyte 12 JLR 658, R v Melvin Spragg 13 JLR 57, R v Lambert [2001] UKHL 37, Webb v Chief Constable of Merseyside [2000] Q.B. 427. 10 The Act is described as a procedural Act. It s......
  • Berridge v The Police
    • Dominica
    • Court of Appeal (Dominica)
    • 13 September 1993
    ...have suspected that the money was stolen or unlawfully obtained. He cited the cases of R v. June Williams (1970) 16 W.I.R. 269, and R v. Melvin Spragg (1975) 3 W.I.R. 371. I am of the view that the prosecution was under no duty to prove that the money had actually been stolen or unlawfully ......
  • Miller v The Commissioner of Police
    • St Vincent
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Vincent)
    • 26 July 2004
    ...be taken in applying authorities such as R v. June Williams (1970) 16 W.I.R. 269 4, R v. Vincent Whyte (1972) 18 W.I.R. 291, and R v. Melvin Spragg (1975) 23 W.I.R. 371 where the test is subjective and, due to the peculiar wording of the Jamaica statute, it is essential that evidence be led......
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