Appeal against conviction for a single count of manslaughter
Judges:
Keegan LCJ
Citations:
[2022] NICA 47
Links:
Jurisdiction:
Northern Ireland
Citing:
Cited – Regina v Pollock CANI 24-Sep-2004
‘1. The Court of Appeal should concentrate on the single and simple question ‘does it think that the verdict is unsafe’.
2. This exercise does not involve trying the case again. Rather it requires the court, where conviction has followed trial . .
Cited – Regina v Pendleton HL 13-Dec-2001
The defendant had appealed his conviction for murder to the Court of Appeal. The 1968 Act required the court to consider whether the conviction was unsafe. New evidence was before the Court of Appeal, but they had rejected the appeal.
Held: . .
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Crime
Updated: 20 November 2022; Ref: scu.682812
