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Richards, Austin and Oniek Williams v R

Court: 
Court of Appeal
Catchwords: 

Criminal Practice and Procedure-ambiguous plea-plea of guilty to murder-absence of requisite intention to commit murder-duty of the trial judge-options open on appeal

Sentencing-plea of guilty to murder-whether proper sentencing approach adopted-principles of sentencing considered-section 42 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 2015 and section 31 C of the Offences Against the Person Act applied.

Document Type:

Year: 
2023
Suit/Claim number: 
97/2017
Neutral Citation: 
[2023] JMCA Crim 42
Judge(s): 
Dunbar Green JA