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Ahmed, Regina v: CACD 29 Jul 2010

The defendant had lodged an appeal from his conviction, but then abandoned it. He now sought to have that treated as a nullity.
Held: The application had not shown grounds which might allow the withdrawal of the abandonment, and was refused.

Citations:

[2010] EWCA Crim 1937

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedRegina v Medway CACD 1976
The court had jurisdiction to give an applicant or appellant leave to withdraw a notice of abandonment of appeal or application for leave to appeal only where the notice of abandonment can be treated as a nullity.
Lawson J said: ‘The answer to . .
CitedRegina v Offield CACD 2002
The court considered as an additional ground allowing the withdrawal of an abandonment of an appeal: ‘bad advice given by some legal advisor which has resulted in an unintended, ill considered decision to abandon the appeal’. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Crime

Updated: 24 August 2022; Ref: scu.424111

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