The defendants appealed their conviction for what was a planned murder of an established criminal. They complained that their trial should have been severed from another defendant who had made statements implicating them, but then failed to give evidence and be available for cross examination.
Held: The cases were not exceptional so as to require separate trial, and nor was the use made of document admissible against a co-accused improper. Leave to appeal was refused.
Citations:
[2007] EWCA Crim 3
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Regina v Windass CACD 1989
The defendant had been cross-examined by reference to a diary found in the possession of his girl friend which was inadmissible against him. He was repeatedly asked what the writer meant by her entries. He appealed his conviction.
Held: The . .
Cited – Regina v Gray, Evans CACD 20-Feb-1998
Any practice of cross examining a defendant on statements which were admissible against co-defendants but not as against him must stop. . .
Cited – Regina v Clarke, Hewins CACD 15-Feb-1999
A witness had the interviews of a co-defendant (as well as letters of which she was neither the writer nor the recipient) put into her hands for day after day so that the assertion could be made time without number that the assertions in those . .
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Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.248245