Smith (Keith) v R

JurisdictionBarbados
Date1992
Year1992
CourtCourt of Appeal (Barbados)
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8 cases
  • Gareth Dougal v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 30 January 2014
    ...reduced and this is applicable even in circumstances where an offender who is indicted for murder pleads guilty to manslaughter. 28 In Smith (Keith) v R (1992) 42 WIR 33 Sir Denys Williams CJ, speaking to this proposition, had this to say at page 33: ‘It is accepted that a plea of ‘Guilty’ ......
  • Renaldo Anderson Alleyne v The Queen
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 2 May 2019
    ...for the awarding of a discount for a plea of guilty and in this regard placed reliance on the dicta of Sir Denys Williams, C.J. in Smith (Keith) v. R; [ (1992) 42 W.I.R. 33] Aguillera; Hessell v. R; [2011] 1 N.Z.L.R. 607 and the recent decision of this Court in Teerath Persaud v. The Queen......
  • Meisha Clement v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 22 July 2016
    ...Sir Paul Kennedy, at para. 9 30 [2011] CCJ 6 (AJ) , para. [32] 31 SCCA No 211/1999, judgment delivered on 3 November 2005, page 4. 32 (1992) 42 WIR 33 , pages 35–36. This statement was recently referred to with approval by Brooks JA in the judgment of this court in Jermaine Barnes v R [201......
  • Cristopher Brown v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 7 February 2014
    ...indicative of remorse. Sir Denys Williams CJ, in delivering the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Barbados, commented on this aspect in Keith Smith v R (1992) 42 WIR 33. He said at pages 35–36: ‘It is accepted that a plea of “Guilty” may properly be treated as a mitigating factor in senten......
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