Smith v Worrell
| Jurisdiction | Caribbean States |
| Judgment Date | 1960 |
| Year | 1960 |
| Date | 1960 |
| Court | Federal Supreme Court (West Indies) |
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3 cases
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Dick et Al v R
...Federal Supreme Court (of the Caribbean: Hallinan, C.J., Rennie and Marnan, JJ.A), in the Guyanese case of John DeFreitas v. The Queen (1960) 2 W.I.R. 522, which was approved by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the now celebrated decision of Palmer v. The Queen [1971] 1 All E.......
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The State v Gonputh
...defence to murder, which is not the law of this land. Over three decades ago, the Guyanese case of John De Freitas v. The Queen (1960) 2 W.I.R. 522 settled the issue that when a plea of self defence fails the prisoner must rely on the well established law relating to provocation, if his off......
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The State v Levine
...jury, his alternative defences of self-defence and accident depended on findings of fact which the jury were to make: DeFreitas v. R (1960) 2 W.I.R. 522, Palmer v. R [1971] 1 All E.R. 1077, 1088; The State v. Lewis (1975) 23 W.I.R. 226, 236. It was for the jury to determine whether the case......