Tench v R

JurisdictionCaribbean States
Judgment Date1992
Date1992
Year1992
CourtCourt of Appeal (Eastern Caribbean States)
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13 cases
  • Edmund Gilbert Appellant v The Queen Respondent [ECSC]
    • Grenada
    • Court of Appeal (Grenada)
    • 25 November 2002
    ...he failed to give adequate directions to the jury on intention to murder as outlined in section 12 of the Criminal Code and as explained in Tench v R [1992] 41 WIR 103. 5 The learned trial Judge at pages 8 and 9 of the record stressed that it was for the prosecution to prove that the Appell......
  • Royston Stafford Appellant v The Queen Respondent [ECSC]
    • Grenada
    • Court of Appeal (Grenada)
    • 21 April 2009
    ...he committed the act which resulted in death. Hazel Emmanual v The Queen Criminal Appeal No. 5 of 1989 (St. Lucia) applied Tench v R (1992) 41 WIR 103 (St. Lucia) applied. 2. In explaining section 12 (2) of the Criminal Code, the omission of the words "although he does not do the act for t......
  • The Queen v Keon Edwards
    • British Virgin Islands
    • High Court (British Virgin Islands)
    • 7 April 2011
    ...years in the sentencing of accused persons in cases of manslaughter due to extenuating circumstances such as provocation. See: Hilary Patrick Tench v. The Queen, 3James Jn Baptiste v. The Queen, 4Denis Alphonse v. The Queen, 5Bertram Abraham v. The Queen6 and Sherwin Fahie v. The Queen. 7 3......
  • [1] Francis Phillip [2] Kim John Appellants v The Queen Respondent [ECSC]
    • St Lucia
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Lucia)
    • 24 May 2004
    ...commission of the offence the Appellants were not conscious that their acts were contrary to law and acts which they ought not to do;Tench v The Queen9; Abraham v The Queen10. 28 In support of his contention that the learned trial Judge misdirected the jury on the issue of insanity, learned......
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