Note Of Appeal Against Conviction By Paul Stuart Smith Against Her Majesty's Advocate

JurisdictionScotland
JudgeLord Malcolm,Lord Justice General
Neutral Citation[2021] HCJAC 35
CourtHigh Court of Justiciary
Docket NumberHCA/2020/322/XC
Date01 July 2021
Published date07 July 2021
APPEAL COURT, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY
[2021] HCJAC 35
HCA/2020/322/XC
Lord Justice General
Lord Malcolm
Lord Pentland
OPINION OF THE COURT
delivered by LORD CARLOWAY, the LORD JUSTICE GENERAL
in
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION
by
PAUL ST UART SMITH
Appellant
against
HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE
Respondent
Appellant: Mackintosh QC, Taylor; Gilfedder & McInnes
Respondent: R Dunlop QC, AD; the Crown Agent
1 July 2021
Introduction
[1] On 22 October 2020, at the High Court in Edinburgh, the appellant was convicted, by
the unan imous verdict of the jury, of murdering Andrew McCarron on 21 July 2019 by
stabbing him in the neck. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life, with a punishment
part of 18 years.

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