R v Gittens

JurisdictionCaribbean States
Judgment Date2010
Date2010
Year2010
CourtCaribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
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6 cases
  • R v Doyle
    • Barbados
    • Court of Appeal (Barbados)
    • Invalid date
  • Peter Barton v The Queen
    • Barbados
    • Court of Appeal (Barbados)
    • 20 February 2019
    ...discretion given to this Court in relation specifically to a pre-sentence report. However, the Caribbean Court of Justice has stated in R. v. Gittens (2010) 75 WIR 126 at [17] that the Court of Appeal need not obtain and consider a pre-sentence report if in the circumstances of the case th......
  • Doyle v The Queen
    • Barbados
    • Court of Appeal (Barbados)
    • 14 December 2010
    ...its reasons for imposing a custodial sentence (subsection (4)(b)). The recent decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in R. v. Gittens (2010) 75 WIR 126 set out and explained section 35 at paragraphs [9] and [11]. It is clear from the CCJ judgment that a high degree of compliance w......
  • The Queen v Hurley
    • Barbados
    • Court of Appeal (Barbados)
    • 8 July 2011
    ...Cap. 139 by virtue of section 37 (4) permits this Court to obtain a pre-sentence report if none was obtained by the sentencing court: see R. v. Gittens (2010) 75 W.I.R. 126 at [17]. It is also suggested that in exceptional circumstances in the interest of justice this Court could consider n......
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