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Davidson v HM Advocate [2016] ScotHC HCJAC_110 (22 November 2016)
Appeal against sentence in a knife-point robbery partly succeeded: the court upheld the 48-month starting point but increased the guilty-plea discount, substituting 36 months.
Blackwood v HM Advocate [2016] ScotHC HCJAC_23 (22 March 2016)
The Appeal Court upheld David Blackwood’s robbery conviction, holding the CCTV evidence supported concerted action and that the sheriff’s jury directions were correct.
FRANCIS CRAWFORD AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2015] ScotHC HCJAC_70 (07 August 2015)
The Appeal Court quashed an extended sentence, holding that dangerous driving is not a violent offence under section 210A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
PAUL McMANUS AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2015] ScotHC HCJAC_46 (02 June 2015)
The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court refused a sentence appeal by Paul McManus, holding that a 26-year punishment part was not excessive given the extreme violence and depravity of the offences.
Bell v HM Advocate [2014] ScotHC HCJAC_127 (14 November 2014)
The Appeal Court held that identification evidence from emulator sheets did not make the rape and robbery trial unfair, despite later failures to identify at VIPER parades.
OPINION OF THE LORD JUSTICE GENERAL IN THE APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY PHILIP WADE AND COLIN COATS AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2014] ScotHC HCJAC_88 (29 July 2014)
Scottish appeal court refused appeals by Philip Wade and Colin Coats against conviction and sentence for murder, abduction, torture, extortion, and related offences.
OPINION OF THE LORD JUSTICE GENERAL IN THE APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY MARTIN DOCHERTY AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2014] ScotHC HCJAC_71 (16 July 2014)
The High Court of Justiciary refused Martin Docherty’s appeal against conviction, upholding identification evidence and finding no material misdirection or unreasonable verdict.
DAVID RONALD SHANKS HUNTER v. HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2014] ScotHC HCJAC_28 (12 March 2014)
The High Court of Justiciary refused an appeal against conviction, holding that the jury directions on mixed statements were adequate and any error about an exculpatory denial was immaterial.
THOMAS CAMERON v. HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2012] ScotHC HCJAC_164 (21 December 2012)
The appeal court held that a fingerprint on a living-room door inside a private flat, with no innocent explanation, was enough to let the robbery case go to the jury.
Fletcher v HM Advocate [2012] ScotHC HCJAC_91 (15 June 2012)
The appeal court refused Fletcher’s appeal against conviction for robbery, holding the jury’s verdict was reasonable on the total circumstantial evidence.
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