Attorneys have been given more time in which to file affidavits when the appeal, brought by Government against a judge’s decision which ruled that the amendment to the Bail Act was unconstitutional, was heard in the Court of Appeal yesterday. The matter will now be heard later in the year. It was in 2019 that Attorney General Dale Marshall piloted the amendment to the Bail Act which stipulated that a …
State challenges High Court decision on constitutionality of country s Bail Act
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Murder and weapons accused can t be remanded for two years to qualify for bail
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Home / Court / Lawyer wants Government’s amendment to Act axed as he made a case for compensation and bail for client Lawyer wants Government’s amendment to Act axed as he made a case for compensation and bail for client
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Lawyers for an accused gunman are claiming that the 2019 amendment to the
Bail Act is “unconstitutional” and infringes on “six” of their client’s rights. Furthermore, the legal team wants the court to award more than quarter million dollars to the accused in the matter.
Lamar Antonio Jones, from Rock Avenue, Wildey, St Michael who has been on remand for the past 17 months in connection with matters under the