Appeal from convictions of public order offences – challenges to use of identification evidence.
Judges:
Lord Justice Fulford
Citations:
[2020] EWCA Crim 1314
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – McGreevy v Director of Public Prosecutions HL 1973
No Need for Direction on Circumstantial Evidence
M was charged with murdering Margaret Magee in her house. no one claimed to have seen the murder and the evidence was entirely circumstantial. When he was first tried, the jury failed to reach a verdict, but at a subsequent trial he was found guilty . .
Cited – Regina v Fergus CACD 29-Jun-1993
A judge should withdraw a case which was based on poor identification evidence, and the prosecution must be sure to disclose all identification evidence. ‘In a case dependent on visual identification, and particularly where that is the only . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Crime
Updated: 03 April 2022; Ref: scu.654614