Where the judge had found there to be no case to answer on a single count of violent disorder, he was entitled to leave the statutory alternative of using threatening behaviour, a summary offence, to the jury, and the not guilty verdict of the jury was no less true because it was returned by direction of the judge than when it was returned by the jury of their own volition after consideration of all the facts.
Citations:
[1990] 92 Cr App R 236
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Livesey CACD 15-Dec-2006
The defendant had been charged with putting somebody in fear of violence contrary to section 2 of the 1997 Act. The judge found no case to answer on the count but left it on the indictment. The defendant now appealed his conviction on the lesser . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 06 September 2022; Ref: scu.247884