Court:
Court of Appeal
Subject:
Criminal Law/ Corruption
Catchwords:
Criminal Law - Application for leave to appeal against conviction and sentence - Possession of access devices - Credit and debit cards - Contrary to Section 8(2) of the Law Reform (Fraudulent Transactions) (Special Provisions) Act - Legislative response to lottery scams - Penalty for offence under section 8 is a fine or imprisonment not exceeding 15 years or both - Application for leave to appeal against conviction dismissed - Application for leave to appeal against sentence granted - New legislation pose special challenges to impose appropriate sentence in an unfamiliar legal and factual context
File:
Document Type:
Year:
2016
Suit/Claim number:
18/2015
Neutral Citation:
[2016] JMCA Crim 26