Regina v Payne: CCA 1963

The defendant’s conviction was quashed upon the ground that the judge ought to have exercised his discretion to exclude admissible evidence which had been obtained unfairly.

Citations:

[1963] 1 All ER 848

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedRegina v Sang HL 25-Jul-1979
The defendant appealed against an unsuccessful application to exclude evidence where it was claimed there had been incitement by an agent provocateur.
Held: The appeal failed. There is no defence of entrapment in English law. All evidence . .
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Crime

Updated: 01 July 2022; Ref: scu.250465