Court:
Court of Appeal
Subject:
Criminal Appeal, Trial, Summing up, Murder
Catchwords:
Criminal appeal-Murder, Circumstantial evidence-Whether sufficient evidence for matter to be left to the jury-Whether judge erred in not upholding no case submission
Trial-Unfair Trial-Whether summation biased and unbalanced-Whether trial judge failed to adequately put self-defence before the jury-Whether the judge undermined the defence by descending in the arena and making unfair comments
Trial-Summing up-Whether judge adequately directed the jury on the forensic evidence-Whether judge adequately directed the jury on the circumstantial evidence and causation
Trial-Summing up-Good character direction-Whether good character direction diluted
File:
Document Type:
Year:
2025
Suit/Claim number:
65/2017
Neutral Citation:
[2025] JMCA Crim 16
Judge(s):
Edwards