State (Healy) v Donoghue

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1978
Date01 January 1978
Docket Number[1975 No. 79 SS.]
CourtSupreme Court
(S.C.)
The State (Healy)
and
Donoghue

Fair procedures - Personal rights - Legal advice -Duty of court - Failure to provide legal aid - Conviction quashed on certiorari - Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962 (No. 12), s. 2 -Constitution of Ireland, 1937, Articles 34, 38, 40.

Section 2 of the Act of 1962 states that, if it appears to the District Court that the means of a person charged before it with an offence are insufficient to enable him to obtain legal aid and that, by reason of the gravity of the charge or of exceptional circumstances, it is essential in the interests of justice that he should have legal aid in the preparation and conduct of his defence, the court shall "on application being made to it in that behalf" grant him a certificate enabling him to obtain free legal aid and to have a solicitor assigned to him for that purpose. On the 12th June, 1974, the prosecutor was brought before the Children's Court upon a charge that he had broken and entered a building and had committed a felony therein. The prosecutor was a youth, aged 18 years, whose formal education had ceased when he was 13 years old and who was unable to pay for legal advice. He pleaded guilty to the charge, which was to be tried summarily, and the imposition of the sentence was adjourned on several occasions. On the...

To continue reading

Request your trial
395 cases
  • Walsh v Min for Justice and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 18 February 2009
    ...SI 135/1999 REG 11(5) CRIMINAL JUSTICE (LEGAL AID) (TAX CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE) REGS 1999 SI 135/1999 REG 11(6) HEALY, STATE v DONOGHUE 1976 IR 325 INTERPRETATION ACT 2005 S5 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2003 S2 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2003 S5 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ......
  • Melton Enterprises Ltd v Censorship of Publications Board
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 4 November 2003
    ... 1997 1 ILRM 241 CENSORSHIP OF PUBLICATIONS REGS 1980 SI 292/1980 ART 5 CENSORSHIP OF PUBLICATIONS ACT 1946 S20 HEALY, STATE V DONOHUE 1976 IR 325 DONNELLY V IRELAND 1998 1 IR 321 CENSORSHIP OF PUBLICATIONS ACT 1929 CENSORSHIP OF PUBLICATIONS REGS 1980 SI 292/1980 ART 5(B) IRISH FAMILY PL......
  • State (O) v Daly
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 7 July 1977
    ... ... 2 of the Act of 1962 do not apply to an enquiry held pursuant to s. 207, sub-s. 1, of the Act of 1945. The State (Healy) v. Donoghue [1976] I.R. 325 distinguished. Cur. adv. vult ... ...
  • Hourigan v Judge Neilan and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 30 November 2000
    ...OF ANIMALS ACT 1911 S3 M'MONAGLE V DONEGAL JUSTICES 1905 2 IR 644 PETTY SESSIONS (IRL) ACT 1851 S24 CLAUSE 6 HEALY, STATE V DONOGHUE 1976 IR 325 PROTECTION OF ANIMALS ACT 1911 S1(1) CONTROL OF DOGS ACT 1986 S20(1) PROTECTION OF ANIMALS ACT 1911 S1(1)(a) PROTECTION OF ANIMALS ACT 1911 S1(1)......
  • Request a trial to view additional results
26 books & journal articles
  • Towards A Presumption Of Victimhood: Possibilities For Re-Balancing The Criminal Process
    • Ireland
    • Irish Judicial Studies Journal No. 2-21, July 2021
    • 1 July 2021
    ...the authority reverts to the DPP and the victim loses carriage of the proceedings. See The State (Ennis) v Farrell [1996] IR 107. 23 [1976] IR 325. 24 See Gerard Hogan, Gerry Whyte, David Kenny and Rachael Walsh, Kelly: The Irish Constitution (5th edn, Bloomsbury Professional 2017), Ch 6.5.......
  • Indexes
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 18-4, October 2014
    • 1 October 2014
    ...111South Australiav Totani (2010)242 CLR 1 . . 233,234State vLucas, 30 NJ37 (1959) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20State (Healy)v Donoghue [1976]IR 325. . . . . . . 53Taxquet vBelgium [2010] ECHR1806 . . . . . . . . 96Taylor vR [1978] 22ALR 599 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357Thomas vMowbr......
  • Subject Index
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 12-4, November 2008
    • 1 November 2008
    .... 20Stanton v Callaghan [2000] QB 75, [1999] 2 WLR745, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,101, 103State (Healy)v Donoghue [1976]IR 325. . . . . . 228State (McCormack) v Curran [1987] ILRM 225. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220Stowe vQ......
  • Subject Index
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 15-4, October 2011
    • 1 October 2011
    .... . . 99,110Stanton vCallaghan [2000] QB75 . . . . . . 258–259State vRaines 857 A2d19 (Md 2004) . . . . . . . . 301State (Healy)v Donoghue [1976]IR 325. . . . . . 186Stubley vWestern Australia [2011]HCA 7 . . . 264Subramanian v Public Prosecutor [1956] 1 WLR965. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......
  • Request a trial to view additional results

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT