Berry (Linton) v R

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1992
Date1992
Year1992
CourtPrivy Council
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57 cases
  • R v Webley (Herald)
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 7 Diciembre 2006
    ...anything deliberate or malicious in the failure to deliver the second statement said to have been taken from Mr. Gray. The cases of Linton Berry v R. (1992) 29 J.L.R. 206 and Richard Hall v R. (1997) 34 J.L.R. 691 establish that the prosecution should disclose copies of such relevant statem......
  • R v Berry (Linton)
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 30 Julio 1999
    ...of bad character. That's how the character evidence operates. So youtake that into consideration." (Emphasis added) 76 In Berry vs R. (1992) 41 WIR 244 the Board of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (per Lord Lowry) referred to the cases of R v Bellis [1966] 1 All ER 552, [1966]......
  • Jerome Dixon v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 29 Julio 2022
    ...the dictum of Brooks JA, as he then was, in Ronald Webley and anor v R [2013] JMCA Crim 22 where reference was made to Linton Berry v R (1992) 41 WIR 244 and Franklyn and Vincent v R). However, full disclosure does not mean that there is an unqualified right to disclosure of all possible i......
  • Omar Anderson v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 10 Marzo 2023
    ...As a result, the judge failed to take that fact into account. The authorities of Nyron Smith v R [2008] UKPC 34 and Linton Berry v R (1992) 41 WIR 244, were relied on for the principle that a good character direction is important in cases where credibility is important and the defendant h......
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