Da Costa v The Queen

Subject Matter

CRIME — 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, Sch 2, s 94(3)(a)(4) — Criminal Justice (Administration) Act, s 2(2) — Gun Court Act, ss 6(2)(a), 12(2)(b)

[1990] 2 AC 389; [1990] 2 WLR 1182