The jury had come back into court with a question showing that they were having difficulty in understanding the direction on provocation. A court preparing to direct the jury on the defence of provocation woiuld be wise to submit the form of direction to counsel in the case for comments.
Citations:
Unreported, 21 February 2003
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Practice recommendation – Weller, Regina v CACD 26-Mar-2003
The defendant appealed against his conviction for murder, saying that provocation should have been found. The issue was whether or not, in the course of his summing-up, the trial judge should have left, and if so whether he had left, to the jury the . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 26 November 2022; Ref: scu.188895