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Appeal Against Conviction by Barry Marshall (High Court of Justiciary) [2025] HCAC 20 (29 April 2025)
The Appeal Court refused Barry Marshall’s conviction appeal, holding that proposed fresh evidence about another man’s alleged confession was inadmissible hearsay and not significant enough.
HDJS, APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2018] ScotHC HCJAC_14 (30 January 2018)
Appeal against conviction in sexual offences and indecent images case refused. The court upheld the trial judge’s refusal to let the jury re-examine selected productions during deliberations.
INGRAM, APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2018] ScotHC HCJAC_16 (25 January 2018)
The Appeal Court refused Stephen Ingram’s appeal against conviction, holding that circumstantial evidence was sufficient to prove both the assault and identification.
GUBINAS & Anor v HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE, NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY [2017] ScotHC HCJAC_59 (08 August 2017))
The court held that, once video provenance is proved, jurors may assess what the images show and may use them to determine events and identity.
Wilson v HM Advocate [2016] ScotHC HCJAC_70 (23 August 2016)
The Appeal Court upheld James Wilson’s conviction for extortion, holding that circumstantial evidence and corroboration were sufficient on charge 1.
Laing v HM Advocate [2016] ScotHC HCJAC_33 (11 April 2016)
The appeal court refused Brian Laing’s conviction appeal, holding that DNA on broken glass, recent injuries, and other circumstances were enough to identify him as the perpetrator.
O'Shea v Procurator Fical, Paisley [2014] ScotHC HCJAC_137 (19 December 2014)
Scottish appeal on whether a witness’s account of Margaret Rooney’s remarks was part of the res gestae and could corroborate identification.
O'Shea & HM Advocate [2014] ScotHC HCJAC_136 (16 December 2014)
The Appeal Court upheld Christopher O’Shea’s conviction, holding that Margaret Rooney’s spontaneous remarks could be treated as res gestae and used for corroboration.
BOWES v PF GREENOCK [2014] ScotHC HCJAC_83 (24 July 2014)
The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court refused John Bowes’s appeal, holding that the complainer’s identification of him as the assailant was sufficiently corroborated.
Smart v Procurator Fiscal, Paisley [2012] ScotHC HCJAC_113 (08 August 2012)
The Appeal Court held that DNA on an envelope seal, together with other circumstances, was enough to infer that the appellant sent a threatening card.
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