The Weekly Law Reports
[1990] 2 WLR 1182
[PRIVY COUNCIL]
DA COSTA APPELLANT AND THE QUEEN RESPONDENT
[APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF JAMAICA]
1990 Jan. 31;
Feb. 1;
March 21
Feb. 1;
March 21
Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord Templeman, Lord Goff of Chieveley and Lord Lowry
Jamaica
— Crime
— Indictment
— Firearm offences
— Resident magistrate committing case for trial in circuit court
— Preferment by Director of Public Prosecutions of indictment in circuit court
— Whether power to prefer second indictment in gun court for same offences
— Validity of trial in gun court
— Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962 (S.I. 1962 No. 1550), Sch. 2, s. 94(3)(a), (4)
—
Criminal Justice (Administration) Act, s. 2(2)
[1]
—
Gun Court Act, ss. 6(2)(a), 12(2)(b)
[2]