The court re-affirmed the general rule of practice, that where the Crown sets out to prove that a particular person is the perpetrator of a crime the identification of the accused as its perpetrator must not be left to implication.
Judges:
Lord Justice General Emslie
Citations:
1980 SLT 245
Cited by:
Cited – Holland v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Devolution) PC 11-May-2005
The defendant appealed his convictions for robbery. He had been subject to a dock identification, and he complained that the prosecution had failed in its duties of disclosure.
Held: The combination of several failings meant that the defendant . .
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Scotland, Criminal Practice
Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.225520