Euan A. Dow, Advocate’s Case Law Summaries

Crown appeal against sentence:- On 7 November 2018, at a Preliminary Hearing at Glasgow High Court, the appellant pled guilty to two charges contrary to the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. On 16 January 2019 the appellant was sentenced to periods of detention under section 207 of the Criminal ......

Application for an extension of time in which to lodge a note of appeal against conviction and sentence:- On 29 June 2018, at the High Court, the appellant was found guilty after trial of a charge of attempted rape. On 3 August 2018 he was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment. The appellant lodged a n......

Note of appeal against conviction:- The appellant, along with James Cook Snr and his co-accused Peter Brown, were convicted of a charge of murder. The appellant appealed against conviction on the grounds that the trial judge erred in refusing to allow a ‘999’ call to be played during the cross-......

Note of appeal against sentence:- On 30 May 2017, at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, the appellant pled guilty to a charge of assault to severe injury and permanent impairment in relation to an incident of throwing a hot liquid into the complainer’s eyes and face. The sheriff remitted the appellant to t......

Appeal from the Sheriff Appeal Court in terms of section 194ZB of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- The appellant was convicted after trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court of two charges of assaulting police officers at her home address. The appellant appealed to the Sheriff Appeal Court agai......

Note of appeal against sentence:- On 7 January 2019, at a trial diet at the sheriff court, the appellant pled guilty to two charges:- (charge 1) a charge of assaulting his former partner on an occasion in 2015; and (charge 4) a charge of assaulting the same former partner relating to three occasion......

Appeal under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- The appellant faced an indictment including a charge of the rape of a woman whilst she was asleep and incapable of giving or withholding consent contrary to section 1 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. A special defenc......

Note of appeal against sentence:- The appellant tendered pleas of ‘guilty’ to charges 1, 2 and 3 (two charges of housebreaking on 12 June 2017 and a contravention of section 57(1) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982) at a preliminary hearing on 7 March 2018, which pleas were not accepte......

Note of appeal against conviction:- On 11 June 2018, at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, the appellant was found guilty after trial of a charge of theft by housebreaking. At the close of the Crown case a ‘no case to answer’ submission was made on behalf of the appellant in terms of section 97 of the Cri......