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Application of section 15(1) of the Courts Act, 1960 to criminal appeals

Cases where a criminal appeal will succeed

Duty of the appellant and the court where it is alleged that the trial High Court judge did not accurately consider the relevant facts and the applicable law to the jury

Duty of the appellate court where it is alleged that the summing up by the trial court is unreasonable and cannot be supported by the evidence adduced at the trial

Effect of a criminal appeal

Effect of a criminal appeal not filed within 30 days after judgment

Effect of filing a criminal appeal where the Court of Appeal confirms the decision appealed against from a lower court without leave of the Court of Appeal

Grounds upon which a criminal appeal may be dismissed

Grounds upon which a criminal appeal may succeed

Main ground upon which a criminal appeal succeeds

The ground upon which a criminal appeal may be allowed on the grounds that a substantial miscarriage of justice has been occasioned

What the appellant must prove in an appeal from a jury trial

What the appellate court must consider in an appeal challenging the composition of a jury

When a criminal appeal will be allowed or dismissed

When a criminal appeal will be dismissed

Whether a criminal appeal will be allowed on account of a technical objection or defect in the charge sheet

Whether a criminal appeal will be allowed on the ground that a charge is bad for duplicity

Whether a criminal appeal will succeed where no miscarriage of justice has been occasioned

Whether an appeal against the judgement of the trial High Court which heard the criminal case summarily is an appeal against a verdict

Whether criminal appeals are by way of rehearing

Whether every non-direction, or misdirection or non-direction will lead to the allowing of an appeal

Whether failure to give the appellant an opportunity to sum up his case would lead to setting aside the conviction and sentence

Whether failure to trace the trial Judge's summing up notes will entitle the Court of Appeal to set aside the conviction and sentence

Whether the appellate court can deal with a criminal appeal summarily and reduce the sentence without calling on or notifying the Attorney-General as counsel for the Republic

Whether the state can appeal, in criminal matters on questions of law and fact

Whether there is a remedy on appeal in favour of an appellant who pleaded guilty

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