Chevanese Sasha Gaye Hall

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Charge:	Human trafficking
Sentence:	15 yrs
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Bahamas
County or Region of Crime:	Grand Bahama
City of Crime:	Freeport
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Chevanese Sasha Gaye Hall was wrongly convicted in March 2014 of four counts of trafficking in persons and two counts of withholding identification papers in January 2013. Chevanese Hall was tried in Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas. After her convictions Hall, a Jamaican citizen, was sentenced on June 25, 2014 to a total of 15 years in prison (Concurrent sentences of 15 years in prison for human trafficking, and 10 and 7 years in prison for her identification papers convictions.). Hall appealed. On January 21, 2016 the Bahamas' Court of Appeal quashed Hall's conviction's on the basis the trial court lacked jurisdiction because Hall was not "charged before a Magistrate's court with an "indictable offence." The Bahamian government appealed to the U.K.'s Privy Council -- which is the final judicial authroity for the Bahamas. On October 17, 2016 the Privy Council affirmed the ruling of the Bahamas' Court of Appeals."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"On January 21, 2016 the Bahamas' Court of Appeal quashed Hall's conviction's on the basis the trial court lacked jurisdiction because Hall was not "charged before a Magistrate's court with an "indictable offence." The Bahamian government appealed to the U.K.'s Privy Council -- which is the final judicial authroity for the Bahamas. On October 17, 2016 the Privy Council affirmed the ruling of the Bahamas' Court of Appeals."
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Chevaneese Sasha Gaye Hall And Attorney General, SCCrApp & CAIS No. 179 of 2014 (Bahamas Ct. of Appeals, 1-21-2016) (Reversing convictions based on the trial court's lack of jurisdiction because Hall was not "charged before a Magistrate's court with an "indictable offence.")"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courtofappeal.org.bs/download/018219700.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Court Of Appeal Quashes Jamaican Woman's Human Trafficking Conviction, By Lamech Johnson (Tribune Staff Reporter), Tribune 242 (Nassau, The Bahamas), January 21, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/jan/21/court-appeal-quashes-jamaican-womans-human-traffic/
Information Source 3:	"Human Trafficker Jailed For 15 Years, By Lamech Johnson (Tribune Staff Reporter), Tribune 242 (Nassau, The Bahamas), June 26, 2014"
Information Location 3:	http://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/jun/26/human-trafficker-jailed-15-years/
Information Source 4:	"Privy Council upholds decision to quash human trafficking conviction, By Royston Jones, Jr. (Guardian Staff Reporter), The Nassau Guardian, October 19, 2016"
Information Location 4:	http://www.thenassauguardian.com/news/68586-privy-council-upholds-decision-to-quash-human-trafficking-conviction
Information Source 5:	The Attorney General v Hall (Bahamas) [2016] UKPC 28 (17 October 2016) (Affirming decision of the Bahamas Court of Appeal ordering dismissal of charges.)
Information Location 5:	http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/2016/28.html
Book About Case:
Book Information:
Book About Case (2):
Book Information (2):
Movie About Case:
Comments About Case:

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Chevanese Sasha Gaye Hall

Charge:

Human trafficking

Sentence:

15 yrs

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Bahamas

County or Region of Crime:

Grand Bahama

City of Crime:

Freeport

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Chevaneese Sasha Gaye Hall And Attorney General, SCCrApp & CAIS No. 179 of 2014 (Bahamas Ct. of Appeals, 1-21-2016) (Reversing convictions based on the trial court's lack of jurisdiction because Hall was not "charged before a Magistrate's court with an "indictable offence.")"

Information Location 1:

http://www.courtofappeal.org.bs/download/018219700.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Court Of Appeal Quashes Jamaican Woman's Human Trafficking Conviction, By Lamech Johnson (Tribune Staff Reporter), Tribune 242 (Nassau, The Bahamas), January 21, 2016"

Information Location 2:

http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/jan/21/court-appeal-quashes-jamaican-womans-human-traffic/

Information Source 3:

"Human Trafficker Jailed For 15 Years, By Lamech Johnson (Tribune Staff Reporter), Tribune 242 (Nassau, The Bahamas), June 26, 2014"

Information Location 3:

http://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/jun/26/human-trafficker-jailed-15-years/

Information Source 4:

"Privy Council upholds decision to quash human trafficking conviction, By Royston Jones, Jr. (Guardian Staff Reporter), The Nassau Guardian, October 19, 2016"

Information Location 4:

http://www.thenassauguardian.com/news/68586-privy-council-upholds-decision-to-quash-human-trafficking-conviction

Information Source 5:

The Attorney General v Hall (Bahamas) [2016] UKPC 28 (17 October 2016) (Affirming decision of the Bahamas Court of Appeal ordering dismissal of charges.)

Information Location 5:

http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/2016/28.html

Book About Case:

Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

Book Information (2):

Movie About Case:

Comments About Case: