Persad v The State

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Type: Case

Citation: [2001] UKPC 2, PC

Summary: At retrial appellants convicted of murder and sentenced to death — On appeal Court of Appeal ordering new trial without hearing argument and without giving separate consideration to safety of conviction and propriety of new trial — Court of Appeal had thereby erred and so case remitted for appeals to be heard — Observations on challenge to reliability of police officers and on ordering retrial

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Court: PC

Jurisdiction: Trinidad and Tobago

Date 2001