Appeal of decision of Police Appeals Tribunal ('the tribunal'). S30 Police (Scotland) Act 1967. Regulation 20 Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Regulation 1996 (SI 1996/1642. The tribunal allowed an appeal of a decision by a misconduct hearing which had found the respondent, a police officer, guilty of o......
Appeal against sentence for culpable homicide. Appellant pleaded guilty to charge of culpable homicide after driving dangerously and causing the death of a child and injury of her mother. Disputed whether starting point of 16 years sentence was too high. Whether period of 7 years to effect public p......
Appeal against conviction for attempted sodomy. Appeal on the grounds that moorov principle of mutual corroboration should not have been applied. Ground 1 of appeal was that separate acts of a sexual assault including digital penetration did not corroborate the charge of attempted sodomy. Ground......
Criminal appeal of conviction for rape. Appeal on the grounds that there had been a miscarriage of justice due to conduct of trial judge during Trial. Appellant admitted intercourse but denied that he had done so without consent. Averred by appellant that the complainer had claimed to be a virgin......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction:- On 14 October 2005 the appellant was convicted of a charge of rape at Glasgow High Court. The appellant appealed against conviction on the following ground:- "That the learned judge erred in repelling the submission by the defence at the close of the evi......
Criminal Appeal Against Conviction:- On 30 June 2003 Jodi Jones was murdered in woodland near Dalkeith. Following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh the appellant was convicted of her murder. The appellant sought leave to appeal and six grounds of appeal were granted and a further ground put fo......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction:- The appellant was indicted on a charge of assault against AH (charge 1) and on two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour against AH (charge 2) and JH (charge 3). The appellant was convicted of all three charges following trial.......
Criminal Appeal Against Sentence:- On 21 September 2007 at the first calling of the case the appellant pled guilty as libelled to the two charges on the complaint against him, namely, driving whilst disqualified and without insurance, contrary to sections 103(1)(b) and 143(1) and (2) of the Road Tr......
Criminal Appeal under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- The appellants were indicted to Paisley Sheriff Court on charges of violence allegded to have occured on 26 December 2004. The charges included allegations of the use of a variety of weapons including a brick, a shovel......
Appeal - The respondent had been indicted in respect of alleged contraventions of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. At the first diet the respondent lodged a minute in terms of section 79 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 objecting to the admissibility of evidence of three named Crown......
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