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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 102

AG v Glas (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Glas (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 102 (4 April 2025)

The Deputy Bailiff refused to withdraw Counts 1 and 2, but withdrew Count 7 by agreement and Counts 9 and 10 for insufficient evidence.

  • Gross indecency
  • Indecent assault
  • Jury directions
  • Withdrawal of counts
  • Gross-indecency
  • Indecent-assault
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 189

AG v Burnett

AG v Burnett [2024] JRC 189 (17 September 2024)

The court admitted limited evidence of prior arrests and cautions to correct a false impression created by the defendant about unfamiliarity with police custody.

  • Bad character evidence
  • False impression
  • Jury directions
  • Sexual offences
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • False-impression
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 050

AG v RD

AG v RD [2024] JRC 050 (29 February 2024)

Pre-trial rape ruling allowing a single defence question on prior consensual intercourse to explore possible alternative causes of genital injuries.

  • Admissibility of sexual history evidence
  • Rape
  • Jury directions
  • Sexual-history-evidence
  • Cross-examination
  • Jury-directions
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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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Criminal law [2021] JCA 164

Fernandes v AG

Fernandes v AG [2021] JCA 164 (07 June 2021)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application for leave to appeal against a rape conviction, holding the jury had sufficient evidence and no inconsistent verdict error.

  • Rape
  • Consent
  • Intoxication
  • Reasonable belief
  • Jury directions
  • Inconsistent verdicts
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Criminal law [2020] JCA 164

Fernandes v AG 07-Jun-2021

Fernandes v AG 07-Jun-2021 [2020] JCA 164 (07 June 2021)

Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against a rape conviction, holding there was sufficient evidence of non-consent and no miscarriage of justice.

  • Rape
  • Consent
  • Intoxication
  • Reasonable belief in consent
  • Jury directions
  • Inconsistent verdicts
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 232B

AG v Warn 04-Nov-2020

AG v Warn 04-Nov-2020 [2020] JRC 232B (04 November 2020)

The Jersey Royal Court declined to direct the jury on manslaughter as an alternative verdict, finding no evidence to support a link between any act and the death.

  • Manslaughter
  • Jury directions
  • Jury-directions
  • Criminal-law
  • Alternative-verdict
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Criminal law [2020] JCA 100

M v AG

M v AG [2020] JCA 100 (08 June 2020)

Court of Appeal dismissed M’s appeal against rape convictions, holding the complainant’s evidence was for the jury, and that delay, severance and disclosure complaints failed.

  • Rape
  • Indecent assault
  • Bad character evidence
  • Abuse of process
  • Delay
  • Severance
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Criminal law [2020] JCA 097

AG v GH

AG v GH [2020] JCA 097 (01 June 2020)

Court of Appeal held that entrustment for fraudulent conversion may be inferred, but on these facts money paid under sale contracts was not entrusted.

  • Fraudulent conversion
  • Entrustment
  • Beneficial ownership
  • Contracts for sale
  • Jury directions
  • Fraudulent-conversion
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