ALEXANDER v STATE
REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Cr. App. No 16 of 2012 Between CURTIS HERBERT ALEXANDER (also called Shabba) – Appellant and THE STATE - Respondent PANEL: Weekes, J.A. Yorke – Soo Hon, J.A. Mohammed, J.A. APPEARANCES: Ms. K. Byer for the Appellant Mrs. A. Teelucksingh-Ramoutar and Mrs. T. Hudlin-Cooper for the Respondent DATE DELIVERED: 7th July 2015 JUDGMENT Delivered by: Mohammed J.A. INTRODUCTION (1) On October 8th 2012, the Appellant was convicted of the rape of the virtual complainant (“N”) and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of twenty years with hard labour, to start from that day. THE PROSECUTION CASE (2) The Prosecution’s case was that...
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