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The Privy Council allowed Julian Washington’s appeal after finding flawed DNA evidence had rendered his convictions unsafe and quashed the conviction and sentence.
The Privy Council allowed Vinson Ariste’s appeal, quashing his robbery conviction after finding the confession should not have been admitted and the verdict unsafe.
The Privy Council quashed Lescene Edwards’s murder conviction after admitting fresh forensic evidence and finding the conviction unsafe.
The Privy Council held that cross-examination of the main prosecution witness was wrongly restricted, allowing McGillvery’s appeal but dismissing Clarke’s and Martin’s.
The Privy Council remitted a murder appeal to the Jamaican Court of Appeal to resolve a factual dispute about whether counsel failed to consult the appellant about giving evidence.
The Privy Council quashed Teina Pora’s convictions after admitting new expert evidence that he had FASD, which could explain unreliable confessions.
The Privy Council dismissed a murder appeal, holding that flaws in hearsay and identification directions caused no miscarriage of justice.
The Privy Council quashed Jason Lawrence’s murder conviction, finding unsafe dock identification evidence and inadequate jury directions on alleged confession evidence.
The Privy Council upheld Bonnett Taylor’s murder conviction, finding no unsafe verdict from Mrs Hartley’s unused statement or the juror issue, but adjusted sentence credit.
The Privy Council held that key identification and good-character directions were missing and that the summing-up was unfair, so the conviction was unsafe.
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