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References by His Majesty's Advocate against PG and JM (High Court of Justiciary) [2024] HCJAC 43 (30 October 2024)
The court held that de recenti statements can corroborate both the crime and identification if they remain part of, or a continuation of, the res gestae.
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY AX AGAINST HMA [2024] ScotHC HCJAC_12 (07 April 2024)
The appeal court quashed AX’s conviction, holding the jury directions on identification and mutual corroboration were inadequate and risked a miscarriage of justice.
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY LEWIS SPENCE AND CONNOR STEELE AGAINST HMA [2024] ScotHC HCJAC_11 (26 March 2024)
The court refused appeals by Lewis Spence and Connor Steele against conviction for an attempted murder attack, and refused Spence’s challenge to his extended sentence.
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY FRANCIS MOONEY AGAINST HMA [2024] ScotHC HCJAC_1 (14 December 2023)
The court refused Francis Mooney’s appeal against conviction for a firearms offence, holding that corroboration and the jury directions on CCTV were sufficient.
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY MARK WISHART [2022] ScotHC HCJAC_30 (19 August 2022)
The Appeal Court held that a jury request to see a close-up of the accused was a matter for judicial discretion, but refusing it caused no miscarriage of justice.
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY GARY ORR AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2021] ScotHC HCJAC_42 (10 September 2021)
The Appeal Court rejected Gary Orr’s challenge to a conviction based on CCTV and police identification evidence, holding the evidence admissible and sufficient.
APPLICATIONS IN THE APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LATE ABDELBASET ALI MOHAMED AL MEGRAHI AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE AND THE ADVOCATE GENERAL [2020] ScotHC HCJAC_39 (26 August 2020)
The High Court of Justiciary allowed a Megrahi appeal to proceed on referred grounds, excluded systemic disclosure allegations, and ordered review of protectively marked documents.
CUMLIN, APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2018] ScotHC HCJAC_44 (09 August 2018)
The Appeal Court rejected a conviction appeal, holding the jury directions on identification and DNA evidence were sufficient and no miscarriage of justice occurred.
GANNON v HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE, NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY [2017] ScotHC HCJAC_58 (08 August 2017))
The High Court of Justiciary refused Anthony Gannon’s appeal against conviction, holding there was no material misdirection about how the jury should treat CCTV evidence.
HM Advocate v Chung & Anor [2017] ScotHC HCJAC_48 (27 June 2017)
The Scottish Appeal Court held that the Howden doctrine can rest on circumstantial identification evidence on one charge and quashed acquittals on two charges.
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