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Harris, Okeno v R

Court: 
Court of Appeal
Subject: 
Criminal law, constitutional law
Catchwords: 

Criminal law-Identification evidence-Whether deficiencies in identification evidence required the trial judge to stop the case at the close of the prosecution's case-Whether judge erred in evaluating the reliability of identification-R v Galbraith principles

Criminal law-Good character direction-Whether trial judge was required to give a direction on good direction on good character in the absence of an evidential foundation for such a direction-Circumstances in which a good character direction arises

Constitutional law-Right to a hearing within a reasonable time-Post-conviction delay-Delay in production of transcript-Whether eight-year delay in production of transcript breached applicant's constitutional rights under section 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms-Appropriate redress to be granted

Document Type:

Year: 
2025
Suit/Claim number: 
87/2015
Neutral Citation: 
[2025] JMCA Crim 11
Judge(s): 
McDonald-Bishop P