The magistrates had upheld a submission of no case to answer. When the prosecutor’s appeal was allowed, the case was remitted back to the Magistrates with a direction for the hearing to continue and precisely because the conclusion was that the defence had not at that stage given any evidence during the course of the hearing.
Citations:
[1986] RTR 18
Statutes:
Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 15
Cited by:
Cited – Director of Public Prosecutions, Regina (on the Application Of) v Chambers Admn 25-Jul-2003
The prosecutor appealed dismissal of charges of driving with excess alcohol. The defendant had admited driving, but said she had consumed alcohol in the twenty minutes between driving and the police coming to her home. Expert evidence had been . .
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Road Traffic, Magistrates
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.187462