Court:
Court of Appeal
Catchwords:
Criminal Law-Sentence-Prosecution's Right of Appeal-Jurisdiction of the appellate court to amend indictment-Jurisdiction of the court when dealing with an appeal by the prosecutor-Mandatory minimum sentence-Interpretation of section 101(8) of the Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act, 2022-Sections 44 and 45 of the Interpretation Act-Sections 20(1)(a), 20(1)(b), 20(2)(d) and 20(4) of the Firearms Act 1967-Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 45(1)(a), 101(2), 101(6), 101(8)(a) and 114(1) of the Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulations) Act, 2022-Judicature (Appellate Jurisdiction) Act sections 14, 18A(2) and 18A(8)
Document Type:
Year:
2024
Suit/Claim number:
COA2023PACR00001
Neutral Citation:
[2024] JMCA Crim 13
Judge(s):
Brown