Queen’s Counsel Larry Smith recently secured another constitutional court victory against the state.This time it was on behalf of former accused Shamar Tyrone Patrick of Chapman Village, St Thomas who was awarded $35 000, by the High Court, for breach of his constitutional rights.Patrick was 16 years old when he was charged with the February 3, 2006 offence of causing serious bodily harm with intent to maim, disfigure or disable another.The matter was before the Magistrates’ Court and after multiple adjournments the preliminary inquiry got underway before now retired Magistrate Roberts Simmons on February 16, 2007 and went on until July 23, 2012. It was then adjourned sine die and never came back on for hearing.