The Jamaica Courtroom of Appeals is gearing as much as weigh in on the case of Vybz Kartel and his co-accused within the homicide of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams. Beginning June 10, the court docket will dive into arguments to determine whether or not a retrial is warranted. This judicial course of is slated to span 5 days.
The choice to proceed with the listening to was introduced by Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop on Friday, accompanied by particular pointers:
- The listening to regarding whether or not a re-trial needs to be ordered is to be fastened for 10 June 2024 for 5 days.
- The appellants are to file and serve skeleton submissions with authorities on or earlier than Could 6, 2024.
- The respondent is to file and serve skeleton arguments with authorities on or earlier than thirty first Could 2024.
- The appellants’ skeleton arguments should be accompanied by a written chronology of occasions related to the attraction and cross-referenced to the file or transcript. The appellants are to agree and file one joint chronology of occasions.
- 4 copies of the events’ skeleton arguments and chronology should be filed for the usage of the court docket.
Final month, the imprisoned dancehall artist and his three co-accused: Shawn Campbell, Kahira Jones, and Andre St John, had their 2014 life sentences quashed by the United Kingdom-based Privy Council on the premise of jury tampering.
The 4 males had been sentenced to life in jail for the 2011 homicide of Clive “Lizard” Williams. Their first attraction, to the Courtroom of Enchantment in Jamaica, was dismissed in 2020.
In its judgment, the Privy Council ordered that the case be returned to Jamaica’s Enchantment Courtroom to determine whether or not to order a retrial for Vybz Kartel and the three males or set them free.
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“The judicial committee of the Privy Council has unanimously concluded that the appeals needs to be allowed and the appellants’ convictions needs to be quashed on the grounds of juror misconduct and that the case needs to be remitted to the Courtroom of Enchantment to determine whether or not to order a retrial of the appellants for the homicide of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams,” the Privy Council acknowledged.
