| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2001] All ER (D) 392 (Nov) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Judge LJ, Hallett and Stanley Burnton JJ |
| Representation | Michael Clare (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Michael Fenhalls (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 27 November 2001 |
Catchwords
Criminal law - Trial - Discharge of jury - Defendant pleading guilty on rearraignment in presence of jury - Judge discharging jury without obtaining a verdict - Whether verdict of jury complete - Whether discharge a nullity.
The Case
The defendant's conviction was safe in circumstances where the judge had departed from the usual practice of asking the jury to return a verdict when the defendant had pleaded guilty on rearraignment during his trial and had discharged the jury.
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