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Criminal law [2020] JRC 173A

AG v H

AG v H [2020] JRC 173A (01 September 2020)

The court ruled on admissibility of a defendant’s statements and digital evidence in a rape trial, admitting the confession but excluding most phone material.

  • Admissibility of confession
  • Background evidence
  • Bad character evidence
  • Rape
  • Sexual offences
  • Police procedure
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Criminal law [2018] JRC 120

AG v Nicolle 05-Jul-2018

AG v Nicolle 05-Jul-2018 [2018] JRC 120 (05 July 2018)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused to admit evidence of the defendant’s alleged previous assaults, finding insufficient probative value to outweigh prejudice.

  • Admissibility of similar fact evidence
  • Admissibility of previous convictions
  • Background evidence
  • Prejudicial vs probative value
  • Similar-fact-evidence
  • Previous-convictions
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Criminal law [2017] JRC 173

AG -v- R

AG -v- R [2017] JRC 173 (19 October 2017)

The court held that most proposed background evidence was admissible in an indecent assault prosecution, but excluded a pornographic magazine as too prejudicial.

  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Background evidence
  • Similar fact evidence
  • Prejudicial vs probative value
  • Criminal-evidence
  • Background-evidence
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Criminal law [2016] JRC 199E

AG -v- Brennan

AG -v- Brennan [2016] JRC 199E (04 November 2016)

The Royal Court refused a defence application to exclude evidence of earlier Jersey visits and a May 2016 cocaine conviction in a criminal property case.

  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Background evidence
  • Similar fact evidence
  • Proceeds of crime
  • Admissibility-of-evidence
  • Background-evidence
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Criminal law

Att. Gen. v. B

Att. Gen. v. B [2016] 1 JLR_Note 4 (25 January 2016)

A Jersey criminal law note on grave and criminal assault, holding that necessary background evidence may be admissible to provide proper context.

  • Assault
  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Background evidence
  • Criminal-law
  • Evidence
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Duarte Nuno Araujo Drumont Correia

The Royal Court refused a defendant’s bid to use text messages to cross-examine a complainant about previous sexual history in an attempted rape case.

  • Admissibility of complainant's previous sexual history
  • Cross-examination on sexual history
  • Text message evidence
  • Consent
  • False allegation
  • Background evidence
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Criminal law [2005] JRC 082

AG -v- Goss

AG -v- Goss [2005] JRC 082 (08 June 2005)

Pre-trial ruling admitting psychologist and psychiatrist evidence on provocation, and permitting limited background evidence of a prior relationship incident.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Provocation
  • Background evidence
  • Hearsay
  • Prejudicial vs probative value
  • Expert-evidence
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