The defendants appealed convictions for robbery, disputing the admission of police and identification evidence. There had been several failures to comply with the codes of practice, including the failure to hold an identity parade when so requested, and where identification evidence was at issue. Forbes required the judge to be explicit in warning the jury in cases where there had been breaches of the codes of practice, and their evidence was still admitted. There were defects in the summing up on this issue, but not substantial
Citations:
[2001] EWCA Crim 1698
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Regina v Turnbull and Another etc CCA 9-Jun-1976
The defendants appealed against their convictions which had been based upon evidence of visual identification.
Held: Identification evidence can be unreliable, and courts must take steps to reduce injustice. The judge should warn the jury of . .
Cited – Regina v Forbes (Anthony Leroy) (Attorney General’s Reference No 3 of 1999) HL 19-Dec-2000
The provisions of the Code of Practice regarding identification parades are mandatory and additional unwritten conditions are not to be inserted. Where there was an identification and the suspect challenged that identification, and consented to the . .
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Criminal Evidence
Updated: 31 May 2022; Ref: scu.158780