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Aird, Linval v R

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

Document Type:

Year: 
2025
Suit/Claim number: 
65/2017
Neutral Citation: 
[2025] JMCA Crim 16
Judge(s): 
Edwards