Dunkley v The Queen

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Type: Case

Citation: [1995] 1 AC 419, PC

Summary: Defence counsel withdrawing during capital murder trial — Trial proceeding with defendant unrepresented — Although no absolute constitutional right to legal representation if defendant left unrepresented through no fault of his own unless case exceptional should be granted reasonable adjournment to try to obtain another legal representative — Conviction quashed

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Court: PC

Jurisdiction: Jamaica

Date 1995