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Criminal law [2014] JRC 083

AG -v- W

AG -v- W [2014] JRC 083 (28 March 2014)

The court granted a stay on counts 1-6 involving the first complainant, finding a fair trial impossible because of lost records and uncertainty about the 1964 acquittal.

  • Abuse of process
  • Disclosure
  • Historic sexual offences
  • Autrefois acquit
  • Fair trial
  • Abuse-of-process
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Criminal law [2014] JRC 066

AG -v- W

AG -v- W [2014] JRC 066 (12 March 2014)

The Jersey Royal Court refused a preparatory hearing application in a serious sexual abuse case, holding the matter was not sufficiently complex under Article 84 PPCE.

  • Abuse of process
  • Preparatory hearing
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Autrefois acquit
  • Case management
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law [1987] JLR 577

Att. Gen. v Devonshire Hotel Ltd.

Att. Gen. v Devonshire Hotel Ltd. [1987] JLR 577 (29 June 1988)

The court held that a centenier’s inquiry is not a judicial inquiry, so a decision not to charge cannot ground pleas of autrefois acquit or autrefois convict.

  • Autrefois acquit
  • Autrefois convict
  • Centenier's inquiry
  • Autrefois-acquit
  • Autrefois-convict
  • Centeniers-inquiry
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Criminal law [1982] JLR 275

Att. Gen. v Kelly

Att. Gen. v Kelly [1982] JLR 275 (08 September 1981)

A Magistrate sitting as examining magistrate is not deciding guilt or innocence, so a dismissal for lack of evidence is not an acquittal for autrefois acquit.

  • Autrefois acquit
  • Examining magistrate
  • Dismissal for lack of evidence
  • Autrefois-acquit
  • Examining-magistrate
  • Criminal-procedure
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