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Appeal against Conviction by Patrick David McGrow against His Majesty's Advocate (High Court of Justiciary) [2026] HCJAC 13 (14 April 2026)
The Appeal Court upheld Patrick David McGrow’s conviction for attempted murder, holding there was no evidential basis for self-defence to go to the jury.
Appeal against Conviction by David William Roy Cuthill against His Majesty's Advocate (High Court of Justiciary) [2026] HCJAC 8 (03 March 2026)
The appeal court refused an appeal against conviction for having a sharply pointed article in prison, holding there was no prejudice from a corrected direction.
Appeal against Conviction by TH against His Majesty's Advocate (High Court of Justiciary) [2025] HCJAC 46 (21 October 2025)
The appeal court refused an appeal against conviction, holding that any misdirection about distress evidence did not cause a miscarriage of justice because mutual corroboration was the proper route to verdict.
Appeal against Conviction by Darren Dougall against HMA (High Court of Justiciary) [2025] HCJAC 35 (13 August 2025)
The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary refused Darren Dougall’s conviction appeal, holding that THC levels were irrelevant on the domestic law issues before the jury.
Note of Appeal against Conviction Stuart Dempsey McMillan against HMA (Court of Session) [2024] HCJAC 42 (09 October 2024)
The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court refused an appeal against conviction, holding that the sheriff’s jury directions on drawing an inference of knowledge were proper when read as a whole.
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY JH AGAINST HIS MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2024] ScotHC HCJAC_10 (07 March 2024)
The Appeal Court held that the trial judge misdirected the jury on corroboration in an omnibus assault charge, but the omission caused no miscarriage of justice.
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 GS [2023] ScotHC HCJAC_35 (29 August 2023)
There was sufficient evidence for the jury to convict the appellant of charges 1 and 3 by applying the doctrine of mutual corroboration between the evidence led in support of those two charges. The sheriff was correct to leave the issue to the jury, and there was no misdirection.
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APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY RYAN PLATT [2023] ScotHC HCJAC_25 (30 June 2023)
Criminal appeal against conviction refused after the court held that a brief misstatement of the defence case was not a material misdirection.
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY IA [2023] ScotHC HCJAC_24 (29 June 2023)
The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary refused an appeal against rape conviction, finding no misdirection in the judge’s handling of witness evidence or corroboration.
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