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Constitutional law [2022] UKPC 20

Boodram (Respondent/Cross-appellant) v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant/Cross-respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

The Privy Council held that a Trinidad and Tobago court can substitute any appropriate lawful sentence when a death sentence becomes unlawful through delay.

  • Mandatory death penalty
  • Commutation of sentence
  • Judicial discretion in sentencing
  • Costs in constitutional litigation
  • Mandatory-death-penalty
  • Commutation-of-sentence
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Criminal law [2015] UKPC 33

Hunte and Khan (Appellants) v The State (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

The Privy Council dismissed Hunte and Khan’s conviction appeals and refused leave on sentence, upholding Hunte’s confession evidence and Khan’s joint enterprise directions.

  • Admissibility of confession evidence
  • Joint enterprise liability
  • Felony murder rule
  • Mandatory death penalty
  • Constitutional rights during police interrogation
  • Commutation of death sentence
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Criminal law [2014] UKPC 3

Daniel (Appellant) v The State (Respondent)

The Privy Council dismissed a murder conviction appeal, holding there was no evidence of loss of control for provocation and no rule excluding self-induced provocation.

  • Murder
  • Provocation
  • Felony/murder rule
  • Mandatory death penalty
  • Jury directions
  • Partial defences
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