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State to bring application to have Joe O'Reilly appeal dismissed
Summary
In October 2014 the State announced it would file an application to dismiss an appeal lodged by Joe O'Reilly, who was convicted in 2007 of murdering his wife Rachel O'Reilly, aged 30, at their home in Naul, Co. Dublin. O'Reilly, then 41, had previously sought to have his conviction declared a miscarriage of justice under Section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993. The appeal had raised issues such as the book of evidence being left in the jury room and various meetings during the 2007 trial. The case had been struck from the Court of Criminal Appeal list in March 2013 and was now being reinstated for consideration. Counsel for O'Reilly, Mr Ronan Munro, presented affidavits detailing steps taken since the case was struck and requested interlocutory relief to inspect the Central Criminal Court file.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: State to bring application to have Joe O'Reilly appeal dismissed. Procedural stage: appeal. Findings: Convicted
When:
- July 2007 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 4th, 2004 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- August 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 2012 Other
- 2014-10-08 Publication
Case subjects
Background Person
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; In July 2007 Joe O'Reilly was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife at their home in the Naul, Co. O'Reilly lost an appeal against his conviction in 2009, while in August 2012 he failed in a subsequent attempt to have his conviction quashed after arguing his detention in the Midlands Prison was unlawful.
Appellant
Outcome: O'Reilly lost an appeal against his conviction in 2009, while in August 2012 he failed in a subsequent attempt to have his conviction quashed after arguing his detention in the Midlands Prison was unlawful.
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