Lauriano v Attorney General
| Jurisdiction | Belize |
| Judgment Date | 1995 |
| Date | 1995 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Belize) |
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14 cases
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Watson (Lambert) v R
...Spence v. The Queen and Hughes v. The Queen [(unreported) 2 April 2001 (Criminal Appeals Nos. 20 of 1998 and 14 of 1997)] and on Lauriano v. Attorney General (1995) 3 Bz LR 77, the Privy Council said that the Board was not aware of any case in which the distinction between capital and non-c......
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Newton Spence Appellant v The Queen Respondent [ECSC]
...of death sentences. This principle was enunciated in the important cases coming from Belize. The leading case being that of Lauriano v Attorney General of Belize (1995) 3 Bz LR 77, where Telford Georges P placed reliance on the existence of the prerogative of mercy as providing the necessar......
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Neville Lewis and Others v Attorney General of Jamaica and Another
... [1995] 1 A.C. 396 and the discussion in Burt v. Governor-General [1992] 3 N.Z.L.R. 672 per Cooke P. at pages 678-681; Lauriano v. Attorney-General of Belize ( unreported), 20th September 1995 (Supreme Court) and 17th October 1995 (Court of Appeal). In Yassin v. Attorney-General of Guyana ......
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Patrick Reyes v The Queen
...essential thrust of these provisions, however expressed, is the same, and their meaning has been assimilated: see, for example, Lauriano v Attorney-General [1995] 3 Bz LR 77 at 85; Guerra v Baptiste [1996] AC 397 at 409-410. In R v Smith (Edward Dewey) [1987] 1 SCR 1045 at 1072 Lamer J sai......
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1 books & journal articles
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Constitutionalism in Belize: Lessons for the Commonwealth Caribbean?
...conferred upon the citizenry unhindered access to the courts where they alleged breach of their fundamental rights and freedoms. 53. (1995) 47 WIR 74 (CA Bze). 54. Ibid 87. 55. 3 BzLR 248, 25 June 1996 (CA Bze). 56. Ibid 255. Transitions in Caribbean Law B. Reining a Constitutional Conventi......