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Criminal law [2025] JRC 322

AG v Quinn (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Quinn (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Binnington) [2025] JRC 322 (2 December 2025)

Pre-trial criminal ruling admitting bad character evidence under Article 82F and allowing expert evidence on force used in an alleged prison assault.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Expert evidence
  • Self-defence
  • Propensity
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Bad-character-evidence
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 263

AG v Reid (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Reid (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Le Cocq) [2025] JRC 263 (17 October 2025)

The Royal Court sentenced the defendant to 18 months for grave and criminal assault involving non-fatal strangulation of a vulnerable partner in a domestic setting.

  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Domestic violence
  • Non-fatal strangulation
  • Sentencing
  • Self-defence
  • Grave-and-criminal-assault
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 079

AG v Downey and Skinner (Royal Court : Sentencing

AG v Downey and Skinner (Royal Court : Sentencing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 079 (24 March 2025)

The Royal Court partly granted the Crown’s bad character application, admitting most prior violence evidence against Downey and Skinner but excluding Skinner’s under-15 convictions.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Admissibility of prior convictions
  • Propensity
  • Self-defence
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • Prior-convictions
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 074

AG v Downey and Skinner (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Downey and Skinner (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 074 (18 March 2025)

After a jury convicted both defendants of common assault, the Royal Court determined the factual basis for sentencing under Article 50 and held they were jointly responsible from the pub doorway onward.

  • Assault
  • Joint enterprise
  • Self-defence
  • Sentencing
  • Article 50 procedure
  • Criminal-assault
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 112

AG v Porter

AG v Porter [2024] JRC 112 (14 May 2024)

After a two-day trial, Ryan Martin Porter was convicted of grave and criminal assault and possession of an offensive weapon after attacking Mr X with a bat.

  • Assault
  • Possession of offensive weapon
  • Sentencing
  • Suspended sentence
  • Compensation order
  • Criminal-assault
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 023

AG v W

AG v W [2024] JRC 023 (26 January 2024)

Pre-trial ruling on bad character evidence in an assault case. The Crown’s evidence against the defendant was admitted, while only limited complainant evidence was allowed.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Self-defence
  • Propensity
  • Creditworthiness of witness
  • Bad-character-evidence
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Criminal law

GG, HH and II v His Majesty’s Attorney General

Youth Court assault convictions upheld for GG and HH, but II’s appeal succeeded because the evidence did not safely prove encouragement or assistance.

  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Self-defence
  • Secondary liability
  • Bad character evidence
  • Youth court
  • Grave-and-criminal-assault
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 131

GG HH II v AG

GG HH II v AG [2023] JRC 131 (25 July 2023)

Appeal from Youth Court convictions for grave and criminal assault. The Royal Court upheld GG and HH’s convictions but allowed II’s appeal.

  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Secondary liability
  • Bad character evidence
  • Self-defence
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Grave-and-criminal-assault
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Bradley Robert James Withe

The Royal Court allowed a defence application to admit alleged bad character evidence about the complainant, finding it had substantial probative value on self-defence.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Admissibility
  • Self-defence
  • Assault
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • Criminal-evidence
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 110

AG v Withe

AG v Withe [2023] JRC 110 (16 February 2023)

The Jersey Royal Court allowed a defence application to admit alleged bad character evidence about the complainant in a self-defence case.

  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Bad character evidence
  • Self-defence
  • Criminal-law
  • Evidence
  • Bad-character-evidence
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