Holness, Dionne v The Coroner of Kingston and St. Andrew, Attorney General

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDIC 4TURE OF JAMAICA

CLAIM NO. HCV 0099912005

BETWEEN DIONNE HOLNESLS CLAIMANT

AND

AND

THE CORONER OF KINGSTON

AND ST. ANDREW FIRST RESPONDENT

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

OF JAMAICA SECOND RESPONDENT

c) Ms. Shawn Wilkinson for the Claimant.

Ms. Tasha Manley instructed by !:he Director of State Proceedings for the

Respondents.

Heard 10"' July 2006 and lathS e~teimber2 006

Coroners Inquiry - S. 21 Alterna~tiveR emedy - Independent Evidence -

Leaving Available Verdicts - Jury Selection

Campbell J

(1) A Coroners Inquest was held by His Honour Mr. Patrick Murphy, sitting

C) with a jury in the Coroners Court for the Corporate Area, between the 8th

December 2004 and the loth day of January 2005. The inquest was to enquire into

circumstances touching the death of Dwayne Graham, a 20 year-old male of 57

Waltham Park Road in the parish of Kingston.

(2) The Inquisition, sworn to by the jurors stated that Graham died on the 19"

June 2003 at the intersection of Euspeut Avenue and Waltham Park Road, as a