Mohammed v The State

Subject Matter

CRIME — Trinidad and tobago — Crime — Evidence — Confession — Police failing to inform defendant of constitutional right to communicate with lawyer — Confession obtained in breach of constitutional right — Judge wrongly permitting prosecuting counsel to make closing speech to jury — Whether confession obtained in breach of defendant's constitutional rights admissible — Exercise of discretion — Whether proviso to be applied — Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act, Sch, s 5(2)(c)(ii)(h) — Supreme Court of Judicature Act, s 44(1)

[1999] 2 AC 111; [1999] 2 WLR 552