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Clement, Meisha v R

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

Document Type:

Year: 
2016
Suit/Claim number: 
18/2015
Neutral Citation: 
[2016] JMCA Crim 26