Appeal from conviction for murder. The conviction had been obtained after evidence was led as to previous occasions on which the defendant was said to have used knives in violent encounters as evidence of bad character.
Held: Leave to appeal was granted on one ground only, and a retrial was ordered.
Judges:
Girvan, Coghlin, Gillen LJJ
Citations:
[2015] NICA 34
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Jurisdiction:
Northern Ireland
Citing:
Applied – Ngyuen, Regina v CACD 18-Mar-2008
The court considered the use of bad character evidence based upon one previous alleged incident from which no prosecution had followed. The appellant had been convicted of murder in a public house in Woolwich. He struck the victim in the neck with a . .
Applied – O’Dowd v Regina CACD 12-May-2009
The defendant appealed against his conviction for serious sexual offences. The trial was very lengthy after the prosecution introduced bad character evidence from other allegations from some 17 years or more before. . .
Cited by:
At CANI – Mitchell, Regina v SC 19-Oct-2016
Appeal against conviction for murder. Evidence was agreed with her representatives as to previous acts using knives, but was presented despite withdrawal by her of her consent. The prosecution now appealed against the quashing of the conviction.
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Crime
Updated: 17 June 2022; Ref: scu.630586