The court considered the application of the section on alternative verdicts available to juries on a trial for attempted murder. The allegations in a charge under section 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 or under section 9(1)(b) of the . .
The defendants were convicted of a mortgage fraud. They appealed saying they had not been dishonest. They had signed forms, but they then had been completed by others, and that it had been those further replies which were dishonest. The original convictions had been for obtaining by deception, but those convictions could not stand following … Continue reading Regina v Dawson, Dawson: CACD 14 Jul 1997
The court discussed when it was appropriate for the Court of Appeal to substitute other lesser convictions, after the main conviction had been declared unsafe. Held: After studying the authorities at length, the court felt that the various convictions should be quashed, but that in some cases there was a possibility of substituting verdicts of … Continue reading Regina v Graham, Kansal, etc: CACD 25 Oct 1996
‘Appeal by the appellant, now aged 25, against the sentence imposed on him . . of 32 months’ imprisonment following his earlier guilty plea to a single count of burglary of a dwelling house, contrary to section 9(1)(b) of the Theft Act 1968.’ [2021] EWCA Crim 1247 Bailii England and Wales Criminal Sentencing Updated: 02 … Continue reading Simpson, Regina v: CACD 5 Aug 2021
