Court of Appeal - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Tue, 27 Sep 2022 01:41:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Court reserves ruling in too sick for jail case https://bahamascourtnews.com/court-reserves-ruling-in-too-sick-for-jail-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-reserves-ruling-in-too-sick-for-jail-case Thu, 08 Sep 2022 10:10:29 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5607 What happens if an inmate is too sick for prison? That’s the issue the Court of Appeal is grappling with after American Ronald Ralph Moorhead Jr appealed his one-year sentence for gun possession. He received the sentence following a guilty plea on June 21, the day of his arrest. Police arrested Moorhead after officials at […]

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]]> Serial groper loses bid to cut sentence https://bahamascourtnews.com/serial-groper-loses-bid-to-cut-sentence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=serial-groper-loses-bid-to-cut-sentence Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:47:55 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/serial-groper-loses-bid-to-cut-sentence/ NASSAU- Serial groper Sidney Cooper has lost his bid to reduce his six-year sentence for feeling up a teen in downtown Nassau. Cooper, 45, grabbed the 18-year-old’s butt as she tucked her blouse into her skirt on June 12, 2019. Cooper’s history of indecent assaults against women dates back to 2000, and he reoffends, almost […]

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]]> Murder suspect granted bail https://bahamascourtnews.com/murder-suspect-granted-bail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=murder-suspect-granted-bail Wed, 24 Feb 2021 21:08:27 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/murder-suspect-granted-bail/ NASSAU- Murder suspect Alex Daricaud has been granted bail on strict conditions that include a curfew and around-the-clock monitoring by a GPS tracking ankle bracelet. The Court of Appeal agreed with defence counsel Wayne Munroe QC that his client should be freed pending trial. Daricaud, 23, had been in custody since February 3, 2020 when […]

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]]> Magistrate criticized over drug dealer’s sentence https://bahamascourtnews.com/magistrate-criticized-over-drug-dealers-sentence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magistrate-criticized-over-drug-dealers-sentence Fri, 08 Jan 2021 04:10:30 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/magistrate-criticized-over-drug-dealers-sentence/ NASSAU- A magistrate changed a drug dealer’s sentence without legal authority, according to the Court of Appeal. Stanley Pratt admitted to having four pounds of marijuana with intent to supply at his arraignment before Magistrate Charlton Smith on July 12, 2019. The magistrate sentenced him to one year in prison and ordered him to pay […]

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]]> Murder suspect freed on bail https://bahamascourtnews.com/murder-suspect-freed-on-bail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=murder-suspect-freed-on-bail Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:21:12 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/murder-suspect-freed-on-bail/ NASSAU- The Court of Appeal has ruled that a man accused of the 2019 murder of Deon Brice should be freed on bail. Shaquille Culmer successfully challenged a Supreme Court judge’s decision to refuse him bail on the murder charge. He was granted $20,000 bail with two sureties on the condition that he wears an […]

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