Gomes v R
| Jurisdiction | Guyana |
| Date | 1962 |
| Year | 1962 |
| Court | Supreme Court (British Guiana) |
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12 cases
- Abdool Salim Yaseen and Thomas v The State
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Mapp and Bissoon v The State
...at the time of the inquiry and not led by the prosecution ought not to be led at the trial: Cadogan v. R (1963) 6 WIR 292; R v Gomes (1962) 5 WIR 7. This principle was extended even as far back as 1970 when in R v. Clarke (1970) 16 WIR 59 the Jamaican Court of Appeal held that the failure t......
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Singh et Al v R
...was not fresh evidence and consequently it was wrongly admitted at the trial. In support of his contention he referred us to R v Gomes (1962) 5 W.I.R. 7, a decision of Bollers, J. (as he then was) of the Supreme Court of British Guiana (as it then was) and R v Clarke (1970) 16 W.I.R. 59, a ......
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Carter et Al v The State
...considering that its prejudicial effect vastly outweighed any probative value. 20 We shall examine both limbs together. In R v. Gomes (1962) 5 W.I.R. 7 the Supreme court of British Guiana considered an objection to the admissibility of fresh evidence of a material nature which had been avai......
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