It is not an inevitable consequence of prosecuting counsel having improperly and inappropriately made a final speech in relation to an unrepresented defendant, that the conviction would be quashed: ‘In the view of this court, no reasonable jury, unaided by a second address on behalf of the prosecution but with the benefit of a full and fair summing-up such as they had in this case, could have failed to bring in a verdict of guilty. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed.’
Citations:
(1971) 55 Cr App R 16
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Cojan, Regina v CACD 25-Nov-2014
The defendant appealed against his convictions for offences of rape and robbery. Towards the end of his trial, he had sacked his legal team, and had given no colsing address. He complained that the judge had even so allowed the prosecutor to ake an . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.540506
