The defendant changed her not guilty plea to one of guilty during her trial. The jury was discharged, but no formal verdict was asked of them. On the following day, the defendant sought to vacate her guilty plea. The judge refused and a verdict of guilty stood. She appealed suggesting that the plea was a nullity.
Held: There was no principle of law which would support the suggestion that the verdict is a nullity without a jury verdict.
Judges:
Lord Justice Judge, Mrs Justice Hallett and Mr Justice Stanley Burnton
Citations:
Times 11-Dec-2001, Gazette 01-Feb-2002, [2001] EWCA Crim 2633, [2002] 1 WLR 1528
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Practice
Updated: 27 October 2022; Ref: scu.167048