A judgement is null if it is not clear whether the court has found a person guilty or not of a crime.
Malcolm MifsudJune 25, 2023
The Court when faced with a guilty plea must be still convinced that the charge actually exists. This was held by the Court of Criminal…
Malcolm MifsudJuly 10, 2022
The offence of harassment requires the principle of this offence to behave in such a way with the intention of causing the harassment. The harassment…
Malcolm MifsudAugust 15, 2021
If the accused understands the charges he is admitting to, then that guilty plea is valid at law and cannot be overturned. This was held…
Malcolm MifsudJuly 25, 2021
The police must not issue charges on the basis of a police report without first carrying out an investigation in order to establish whether the…
Malcolm MifsudMay 30, 2021
Although the charge of pretended rights is a crime, it is not far off from rights that emerge from civil law. This was held in…
Malcolm MifsudMay 23, 2021
The Court must examine whether at the time of the commission of the crime, the accused could have resisted from carrying out the offence.
Malcolm MifsudDecember 13, 2020
The Court of Criminal Appeal overturned a conviction of a mother, since the CCTV footage of an incident with her sons, are not compatible with…
Malcolm MifsudMay 29, 2020
The Court held that according to the evidence the accused was proven to have punched the defendant once, as a result of which his eye…
Malcolm MifsudSeptember 16, 2019
