The defendants appealed their conviction after admission of evidence taken from secret tape recordings taken from a recording device hidden in the garage of one of the defendants.
Held: The evidence had been properly admitted. It was not possible to say that the convictions were unsafe.
Citations:
[1998] EWCA Crim 2653
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Regina v Chalkley, Jeffries CACD 19-Dec-1997
The 1995 Act will not permit the Court of Appeal to allow an appeal where a conviction was safe but there was a substantial procedural unfairness. In order to understand the role of pre-1 January 1996 jurisprudence in applying what is now the . .
Cited – Regina v Graham CACD 1997
Under the 1995 Act the sole test to be applied by the court is whether the conviction is unsafe. If the court is satisfied, despite any misdirection of law or any irregularity in the conduct of the trial or any fresh evidence, that the conviction is . .
Cited – Regina v Greene CACD 8-Apr-1997
The crucial event was the change of plea to guilty. If a defendant submits that admitted facts do not in law amount to the offence charged and the trial judge rules otherwise, then it is not difficult to see how an appeal against conviction can lie . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – Hewitson v The United Kingdom ECHR 27-May-2003
Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Violation of Art. 8 ; Non-pecuniary damage – finding of violation sufficient ; Costs and expenses partial award – Convention proceedings
The applicant had been . .
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Crime, Evidence
Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.155527