R v Grazette

JurisdictionCaribbean States
Judgment Date2009
Date2009
CourtCaribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
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4 cases
  • Chris Brooks v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 2 March 2012
    ...raise a reasonable doubt about the exhibit's integrity.’ (See also R v Larsen [2001] BCSC 597, per Romilly J, at paras [61] — [66]; and Grazette v R [2009] CCJ 2 (AJ), at para. [43].) 46 It follows from this statement of the legal position, which we accept and adopt, that the purpose of est......
  • Easton Blake v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 29 October 2021
    ...Magistrates' Criminal Appeal No 23/1991, judgment delivered 31 July 1991 and William Francis v Regina [2010] JMCA Crim 39. Relying on R v Grazette (2009) 74 WIR 92, counsel further submitted that the presence of gaps or discrepancies in the chain of custody is not necessarily fatal to the ......
  • Garland Marriott v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 16 March 2012
    ... ... 22 On this point, the learned Director of Public Prosecutions, Miss Llewellyn QC, brought to our attention the cases of Grazette v R [2009] CCJ 2 (AJ) (delivered 3 April 2009), Hodge v R HCRAP 2009/001 (delivered 10 November 2010) and Francis v R [2010] JMCA Crim 68 (delivered 22 October 2010). In all of those cases, breaks in the chain of custody were held not to be fatal to the prosecution's case. The learned ... ...
  • Edward Bitter v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 18 March 2016
    ...necessarily fatal, citing in support the cases of: (i) R v Larsen (2001) BCSC 597; (ii) Chris Brooks v R paragraphs [45] to [46]; (iii) Grazette v R (2009) 74 WIR 92, [2009] CCJ 2 (AJ), (judgment delivered 3 April 2009) ; (iv) Damian Hodge v R HCRAP 2009/001 (judgment delivered 10 November......
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
    ...officer refreshed 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 no......

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