Court:
Court of Appeal
Catchwords:
Criminal law-Appeal against convictions and sentence-Trial by judge alone-Visual identification evidence-Whether judge should have withdrawn the case given weaknesses in visual identification evidence-Identification parade-Whether judge applied wrong test to determine the need for a formal identification parade-Duty of judge to properly consider defence-Defects in police investigation-Impact investigation on fairness of trial process-Whether judge's treatment of defects in investigation resulted in miscarriages of justice-Section 14(1) of the Judicature (Appellate Jurisdiction) Act
File:
Document Type:
Year:
2024
Suit/Claim number:
22/2018
Neutral Citation:
[2024] JMCA Crim 15
Judge(s):
McDonald-Bishop