R v Director of Public Prosections, Director Of Correctional Services exparte Dave Antonio Grant

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA
IN THE FULL COURT
SUIT NO. MI21 OF 2000
CORAM: THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSICE
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GRANVKLE JAMES
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE KARL HARRISON
REGINA VS. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
EX PARTE DAVE ANTONSO GRANT
Mrs. Jacqueline Samuels-Brown and Keith Bishop for the Applicant
Miss Paula Tyndale for the Director of Public Prosecutions
Mrs. Susan Reid- Jones for Director of Correctional Services
Heard: January 18 and March 23,2001
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WOLFE, Cl
The motion herein seeks an order for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of
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the applicant arising out of a committal order made by His Honour Mr. Ralston
William . - on the 9th day of November, 2000.
The applicant is a Jamaican national who resided in the United States of
America.
On January 11, 1998, he was arrested and charged for the offence of
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possession with intent to distribute marijuana and on April 14, 1998 pleaded
gwliy to the said offence before the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Texas,Houston Division