Habib (Simon) v The State
| Jurisdiction | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Date | 1989 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago) |
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9 cases
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The State v Nicholas
...Accused person, as in the case here, wishes to take the extraordinary step of tendering a plea of guilty to murder [ Habib v The State (1989) 43 WIR 391], even where the basis for such a plea is the felony/murder rule. In my view, until such psychiatric assessment is made of the Accused, it......
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Rudolph Lewis Appellant v The Queen Respondent [ECSC]
...United States of America are:Commonwealth v Battis8 and Hallinger v Davis 9146 U.S. 314.9 20 Nearer home, inHabib (Simon) v The State (1989) 43 WIR 39110 the Court of Appeal in Trinidad and Tobago held that if a person accused of a capital charge pleads guilty, the trial judge must satisfy ......
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The State v Aguillera et Al
...evaluation before their pleas could be entered? Mon Desir J. made reference to the Court of Appeal's decision in Habib v. The State (1989) 43 WIR 391 as authority for his proposition that psychiatric evaluation was a mandatory prerequisite whenever an accused person wishes to plead guilty t......
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R v Steve Gurrie [ECSC]
...of the offence. 75 I have been referred to the cases ofEmma Last & others v R (2005) EWCA Crim. 1063, Habib Simon v The State (1989) 43 WIR 3914, and Regina v P Helman (2001) NSWSC 11275 among others and have found guidance in how to approach sentencing where there is a plea of guilty to no......
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