This case book contains essential cases on topics spanning criminal practice and procedure. Criminal advocates as well as judicial offi cers and students will fi nd foundational cases as well as some of the latest authorities on areas such as autrefois, juries, sentencing, summary procedure, bail and criminal jurisdiction. It is hoped that this book will to some extent alleviate the tedium entailed by serious legal research through its lucid and concise identifi cation and examination of the legal principles illustrated by the various cases. Although the focus of the book is Commonwealth Caribbean jurisprudence, cases dealt with by the courts of the United Kingdom are also analysed.