Regina v Palmer: CACD 2002

The Crown applied to be allowed to withdraw its abandonment of an application for leave to appeal to the House of Lords.
Held: The court had jurisdiction to allow withdrawal of a notice of abandonment of appeal or application for leave to appeal where the notice of abandonment can be treated as a nullity, that is to say where ‘the mind of the applicant did not go with his act of abandonment’.

Citations:

[2002] EWCA Crim 2675

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedBlackwood, Regina v CACD 5-Mar-2012
The defendant had succeeded in his appeal against a rape conviction. After the case, and his release, the prosecution sought a retrial. The defendant now argued that the court was functus officio.
Held: An order on an appeal becomes final when . .
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Criminal Practice

Updated: 18 May 2022; Ref: scu.451797