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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for special leave to appeal the Court of
Appeal’s decision, and his petition was dismissed on November 6, 1997. 37
g) Anthony Garcia (Case No. 11,855) was charged with murder of Cyril Roberts.
He was arrested on September 14, 1994, and was tried, convicted and
sentenced to death on October 30, 1996. He subsequently appealed his
conviction to the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal, and his appeal was
dismissed on May 22, 1997. Anthony Garcia then petitioned the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council for special leave to appeal the Court of
Appeal’s decision, and the his petition was dismissed on December 4, 1997. 38
h) Wilson Prince (Case No. 12,005) was charged with the November 6, 1993
murder of Ida Sebastien Richardson. He was arrested on December 24,
1993, and was tried, convicted and sentenced to death on November 25,
1996. He appealed his conviction to the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal,
and his appeal was dismissed on October 14, 1997. Wilson Prince then
petitioned the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for special leave to
appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision, and the his petition was dismissed on
March 11, 1998. 39
i)
Darrin Roger Thomas (Case No. 12,021) was charged together with his
common law wife Natasha De Leon (infra para. 60(r)) with the murder of
Chandranath Maharaj, which took place between February 6 and 12 of 1993.
He was arrested on March 12, 1993, and was tried, convicted, and sentenced
to death on November 9, 1995. He subsequently appealed his conviction to
the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal, and his appeal was dismissed on
June 20, 1997. He then petitioned the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
for special leave to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision, and his petition was
dismissed on March 11, 1998. 40
j)
Mervyn Edmund (Case No. 12,042) was charged with the December 28, 1987
murder of Minerva Sampson. He was arrested on December 30, 1987, and
was tried, convicted and sentenced to death on December 10, 1990. He
subsequently successfully appealed his conviction to the Trinidad and Tobago
Court of Appeal, which ordered a new trial. He was tried for a second time on
March 14, 1995, and on March 21, 1995 was again convicted of murder and
sentenced to death. He appealed his second conviction and his appeal was
dismissed on September 17, 1996.
Finally he petitioned the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council for special leave to appeal from the Court of
Appeal’s decision, and his petition was dismissed on July 16, 1998. 41
37
Cf. "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," Exhibit 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c), Vol. II, pp. 517-652.
38
Cf. "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," Exhibit 6(a), 6(b) and 6(c), Vol. II, pp. 733-777.
39
Cf. "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," Exhibit 7(a), 7(b) and 7(c), Vol. II, pp. 799-868.
40
Cf. "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," Exhibit 8(a), 8(b) and 8(c), Vol. II, pp. 938-1124.
41
Cf. "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," Exhibit 9(a), 9(b) and 9(c), Vol. III, pp. 1231-1400.