Lord Widgery CJ said: ‘It cannot be too clearly stated that the judge’s obligation to stop the case is an obligation which is concerned primarily with those cases where the necessary minimum evidence to establish the facts of the crime has not been called. It is not the judge’s job to weigh the evidence . . to do that is to usurp the function of the jury.’
Judges:
Lord Widgery CJ
Citations:
(1975) 65 Cr App R 287
Cited by:
Cited – Gujra, Regina (on The Application of) v Crown Prosecution Service SC 14-Nov-2012
The appellant had twice begun private prosecutions only to have them taken over by the CPS and discontinued. He complained that a change in their policy on such interventions interfered with his statutory and constitutional right to bring such a . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.467713