The court considered whether to admit as evidence against the accused his response to an accusation made by the victim’s mother when no police officer was present and to which the defendant had reacted by threatening her.
Judges:
Lord Diplock
Citations:
(1976) 64 Cr App R 25
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Applied – Regina v Mitchell 1892
The court gave the following direction to the jury as to the way in which they should treat the response of the accused to an accusation made in his presence: ‘Now the whole admissibility of statements of this kind rests upon the consideration that . .
Cited by:
Cited – Collins and Keep v Regina CACD 28-Jan-2004
When arrested with a co-defendant, C had said nothing as his co-defendant gave a false explanation. He now appealed his conviction saying that the judge had left with the jury the question of whether he was adopting that lie by his own silence.
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Criminal Evidence
Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.192656