Two References by the Criminal Cases Review Commission raise the question whether it is ever open to the Court of Criminal Appeal to conclude that a conviction is safe in a case where the judge has directed a jury to convict following the recent decision of the House of Lords in R v Wang [2005] UKHL 9, which held that such a direction should never be given.
Citations:
[2006] EWCA Crim 1611, [2006] 1 WLR 3181, [2007] Crim LR 61, [2007] 1 Cr App R 13
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Practice
Updated: 23 November 2022; Ref: scu.270249