ABSTRACT
Appeal from the Criminal High Court lies to the Court of Appeal. In the Eastern Caribbean States the countries which subscribe to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Act share a joint Court of Appeal which sits as a Circuit Court in the various countries. In general, a person convicted of any offence upon indictable trial may appeal to the Court of Appeal. He may appeal against conviction, sentence or both. Legislation in several jurisdictions has intervened to grant to the prosecution a limited right of appeal usually against sentence or a directed verdict of acquittal. Throughout the Commonwealth Caribbean, statute provides in many jurisdictions for intervention by the executive in the person of the Head of State, acting on the advice of the appropriate minister, to refer a case to the Court of Appeal. If an appeal is on a matter of law alone, a notice of appeal is sufficient.
