Application of section 34 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in a case where there are two or more defendants and it is a co-defendant rather than the prosecution which submits that the jury may draw an adverse inference from a defendant’s failure to put forward in police interviews the explanation which he gives at the trial as a defence.
Citations:
[2000] EWCA Crim 29
Links:
Statutes:
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 34
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Evidence
Updated: 19 July 2022; Ref: scu.158679
