The defendant was told in court at the time of the judge’s ruling in court that the proceedings against him were being terminated.
Held: For a prosecutor’s appeal against a ‘terminating ruling’, the statutory requirement that either an adjournment had to be sought immediately, or the decision to appeal and the acquittal agreement had to be notified to the court immediately, meant that it should indeed be immediate.
Judges:
Rix LJ, Treacy J, Sir Geoffrey Grigson
Citations:
[2012] EWCA Crim 792, [2012] 3 All ER 661, [2012] WLR(D) 129, [2012] Crim LR 782, [2012] 2 Cr App R 9, [2013] 1 WLR 772
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v F CACD 14-Mar-2013
The crown sought leave to appeal against a terminating ruling. The defendant was accused of rape and sexual assault against his sister, profoundly deaf and with learning difficulties. The judge had found the victim to not be competent to give . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 23 October 2022; Ref: scu.453008