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Criminal-law [2025] JCA 316

Mitton v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal

Mitton v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Criminal) : McMahon, Dunlop KC, McCullough KC) [2025] JCA 316 (27 November 2025)

The Court of Appeal dismissed Benjamin Mitton’s criminal appeal, holding that circumstantial evidence supported conviction and that the jury directions were adequate.

  • Larceny-as-a-servant
  • Transferring-criminal-property
  • Circumstantial-evidence
  • Jury-directions
  • Right-to-silence
  • Criminal-appeal
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Criminal-law [2025] JRC 115

AG v Mitton (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Mitton (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 115 (25 April 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey rejected a no-case submission on larceny and transferring criminal property, holding the circumstantial evidence could support conviction.

  • Larceny
  • Transferring-criminal-property
  • No-case-to-answer
  • Circumstantial-evidence
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal-law

The Attorney General v Benjamin Mitton

The Royal Court rejected a no case to answer submission in a three-count criminal trial, holding the circumstantial evidence was sufficient to go to the jury.

  • No-case-to-answer
  • Circumstantial-evidence
  • Larceny
  • Transferring-criminal-property
  • Sufficiency-of-evidence
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Criminal-law [2022] JCA 131

Warn v AG

Warn v AG [2022] JCA 131 (20 June 2022)

The Court of Appeal upheld Jamie Lee Warn’s murder conviction, finding the circumstantial evidence and the appellant’s lies sufficient and rejecting claims of legal error or miscarriage of justice.

  • Murder
  • Circumstantial-evidence
  • Appeal-against-conviction
  • Jury-directions
  • Miscarriage-of-justice
  • Criminal-law
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Civil-procedure [2016] JRC 074

Kuwait Oil Tanker Company SAK -v- Al Mutawa and Chadwick

Kuwait Oil Tanker Company SAK -v- Al Mutawa and Chadwick [2016] JRC 074 (30 March 2016)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused to strike out a claim alleging that property-buying funds were traced to Mr Al Bader. The court held the case was fit for trial and could be proved by inference.

  • Strike-out-applications
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Resulting-and-constructive-trusts
  • Fraudulent-conveyance
  • Inference-of-fact
  • Burden-of-proof
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Criminal-law [2014] JCA 151

Mario Capuano -v- AG

Mario Capuano -v- AG [2014] JCA 151 (30 July 2014)

The Court of Appeal upheld Mario Capuano’s conviction for conspiracy to import heroin, rejecting arguments that the verdict was unsupported and that the Bailiff’s casting vote was biased.

  • Conspiracy
  • Drug-importation
  • Judicial-bias
  • Admissibility-of-antecedents
  • Casting-vote
  • Circumstantial-evidence
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Criminal-law [2007] JCA 170

Waite v AG

Waite v AG [2007] JCA 170 (11 September 2007)

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against conviction and sentence for conspiracy to supply heroin, holding the circumstantial evidence was sufficient.

  • Conspiracy
  • Drug-offences
  • Appeals
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Circumstantial-evidence
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Criminal-law [2005] JCA 090

Hume -v- A.G.

Hume -v- A.G. [2005] JCA 090 (06 July 2005)

Appeal against drug convictions partly turned on circumstantial phone evidence and non-disclosure of a key witness identity. Conviction quashed and retrial ordered.

  • Misuse-of-drugs
  • Disclosure
  • Circumstantial-evidence
  • Fair-trial
  • Miscarriage-of-justice
  • Criminal-appeals
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Criminal-law [2005] JLR 327

Hume v Att. Gen.

Hume v Att. Gen. [2005] JLR 327 (06 July 2005)

The case concerns Crown disclosure in a criminal prosecution and the risk of miscarriage of justice if nondisclosure deprives the accused of a fair trial.

  • Disclosure
  • Fair-trial
  • Miscarriage-of-justice
  • Circumstantial-evidence
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal-law [2005] JCA 022

Botrel v AG

Botrel v AG [2005] JCA 022 (02 March 2005)

The Court of Appeal refused Botrel’s conviction and sentence appeals for firearms offences, holding there was no denial of self-representation and the circumstantial evidence supported conviction.

  • Firearms-offences
  • Appeal-against-conviction
  • Appeal-against-sentence
  • Right-to-self-representation
  • Circumstantial-evidence
  • Sentencing-principles
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