By LAMECH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
KHOFE Goodman’s substantive appeal hearing against conviction for the murder of an 11-year-old boy was not heard yesterday.
His lawyer, Wayne Munroe, QC, apologised to Court of Appeal judges for an oversight on his part concerning the date for when the matter was scheduled.
Justices Anita Allen, Neville Adderley and Jon Isaacs are presiding over Goodman’s appeal against conviction and sentence concerning the September 2011 murder of Marco Archer of Brougham Street.
The 40-year-old is seeking a deferment of a retrial if the court were to allow the appeal against his murder conviction and death sentence on the grounds of publicity affecting the case.
Yesterday, after asking the court for an adjournment, Mr Munroe accepted responsibility and said he would not send a bill to the Registrar’s Department for yesterday’s date.
The appeal will now be heard on July 30.
Mr Munroe was given a week to produce the documents requested of him for the court at the previous hearing in May.
Garvin Gaskin and Neil Braithwate, acting director and assistant director of public prosecutions respectively, have already filed their responses.
The appellate court put a new transcript index measure in place, effective from January 23, due to cases like Goodman’s, whose trial lasted four months and had transcripts exceeding 1,000 pages.
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