R v Francis

JurisdictionCaribbean States
Judgment Date2009
Date2009
CourtCaribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
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4 cases
  • Theresa Anne Marie Justin Appellant v The Queen Respondent
    • St Lucia
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Lucia)
    • 26 June 2012
    ...by the police would not have precluded the reception of oral evidence of the confrontations or make the oral evidence inadmissible. R v Francis (2009) 74 WIR 108 applied. 3. The learned judge adequately conveyed to the jury the fact that there was an absence of forensic evidence in support......
  • Justin v the Queen
    • St Lucia
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Lucia)
    • 26 June 2012
    ...was not produced in court does not preclude the reception of oral evidence of the confrontations or make the oral evidence inadmissible. ( R v. Francis (2009) 74 WIR 108.) I agree with the Director of Public Prosecutions that there was no need for the trial judge to warn the jury that the ......
  • Sealy v the Queen
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 26 January 2016
    ...ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT 8 The appellant challenged the Court of Appeal's conclusion that Francis v. The Queen [ [2009] CCJ 9 (AJ), (2009) 74 WIR 108] settled the issue of whether a police officer may read into evidence unauthenticated oral statements attributed to an accused. He submitt......
  • Clarence Elloyd Sealy Appellant v The Queen Respondent
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
    • 29 January 2016
    ...J. Wit The Hon Mr Justice Wit /s/ D. Hayton The Hon Mr Justice Hayton /s/ W. Anderson The Hon Mr Justice Anderson 1 [2009] CCJ 9 (AJ), (2009) 74 WIR 108. 2 The Evidence Act 1994, Chapter 121 of the Laws of Barbados (Evidence 3 (1991) HCA 6, [1990–1991] 171 CLR 468. 4 For example, the Act s......
1 books & journal articles
  • Five years of CCJ's contribution to Caribbean Jurisprudence
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 18-1/2, June 2008
    • 1 June 2008
    ...his memory from such a record for the purpose of giving evidence of an oral admission by 32 [2009] CCJ 1 (AJ), 33 (2009)74 WIR 92* 34 (2009) 74 WIR 108. the accused. The document from which he refreshed his memory was not put into evidence. The Court held that there was nothing in the Evide......

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