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April 2019
Solomond Belizaire v R (B 21 of 2019) [2019] TCASC 22 (29 April 2019) Bail pending appeal refused: procedural defect in DNA sampling and trial counsel omissions do not show strong chance of success. Criminal law – bail pending appeal – ineffective assistance of counsel – challenge to DNA evidence obtained after arrest – written consent procedural irregularity does not automatically render DNA evidence inadmissible under local statute; new medical evidence of scar’s cause may be insufficiently probative to undermine DNA-based conviction.	29 April 2019

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April 2019

Solomond Belizaire v R (B 21 of 2019) [2019] TCASC 22 (29 April 2019)

Bail pending appeal refused: procedural defect in DNA sampling and trial counsel omissions do not show strong chance of success.

Criminal law – bail pending appeal – ineffective assistance of counsel – challenge to DNA evidence obtained after arrest – written consent procedural irregularity does not automatically render DNA evidence inadmissible under local statute; new medical evidence of scar’s cause may be insufficiently probative to undermine DNA-based conviction.

29 April 2019