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Criminal law [2024] JRC 217

AG v Richardson

AG v Richardson [2024] JRC 217 (18 October 2024)

The defendant died after pleading guilty but before sentencing. The court endorsed the indictment as of no legal effect and closed the file.

  • Indecent images of children
  • Death of defendant
  • Criminal procedure
  • Death-of-defendant
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Indictment
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Criminal law [2017] JRC 164

AG -v- Kean

AG -v- Kean [2017] JRC 164 (09 October 2017)

The Royal Court found the defendant unfit to plead and stand trial on the balance of probabilities, relying on unanimous psychiatric evidence and stayed the prosecution.

  • Fitness to plead
  • Insanity
  • Criminal procedure
  • Detention during her majesty's pleasure
  • Fitness-to-plead
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law

Att. Gen. v. S

Att. Gen. v. S [2016] 1 JLR_Note 17 (10 March 2016)

A Jersey criminal procedure note addressing the applicable test for fitness to plead, confirming the test is derived from established common law principles.

  • Fitness to plead
  • Criminal procedure
  • Fitness-to-plead
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law

Att. Gen. v O'Driscoll

Att. Gen. v O'Driscoll [2014] 1 JLR_Note 17 (13 March 2014)

Interlocutory criminal procedure decision considering whether to appoint an intermediary for a child victim in criminal proceedings.

  • Criminal procedure
  • Intermediaries
  • Child victim
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Child-victim
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Criminal law

Att. Gen. v Evans

Att. Gen. v Evans [2011] JLR_Note 44 (06 October 2011)

A Jersey Law Reports note on bail, outlining the factors to consider when deciding whether to grant bail in a criminal case.

  • Bail
  • Criminal procedure
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law [2009] JRC 060D

AG v Warren and Others

AG v Warren and Others [2009] JRC 060D (03 April 2009)

The Royal Court held that the foreign convictions of two non-defendants were admissible as relevant, probative background evidence in a drug-conspiracy trial.

  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Bad character evidence
  • Foreign convictions
  • Criminal procedure
  • Criminal-evidence
  • Bad-character-evidence
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Criminal law [2006] JLR 407

Barette v Att. Gen.

Barette v Att. Gen. [2006] JLR 407 (12 September 2006)

The court considered apparent bias in a criminal appeal, holding that trial unfairness can arise if a fair-minded observer would see a real possibility of bias in even one juror.

  • Fair trial
  • Apparent bias
  • Jury bias
  • Criminal procedure
  • Apparent-bias
  • Jury-bias
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Criminal law

Att. Gen. v Howard

Att. Gen. v Howard [2006] JLR_Note 2 (20 January 2006)

A Jersey criminal procedure note on when compensation orders may be made in criminal proceedings.

  • Compensation orders
  • Criminal procedure
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Compensation-orders
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law

Furlong v Att. Gen.

Furlong v Att. Gen. [2004] JLR_Note 47 (25 October 2004)

Note on a criminal appeal against sentence in Furlong v Attorney General, concerning whether the sentence imposed should be upheld or varied on appeal.

  • Appeal against sentence
  • Criminal procedure
  • Criminal-law
  • Appeal-against-sentence
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law

Cooper v Att. Gen.

Cooper v Att. Gen. [2001] JLR_Note 2 (10 January 2001)

A Jersey criminal sentencing note stating that the Crown’s conclusions and counsel’s comments may be taken into account when sentence is determined.

  • Criminal procedure
  • Sentencing
  • Crown conclusions
  • Counsel comments
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Crown-conclusions
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