| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2002] All ER (D) 262 (Jan) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2002] EWCA Crim 02 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Holman, Grigson JJ and Sir Denis Henry |
| Representation | Anesta Weekes QC (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Richard Horwell (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 30 January 2002 |
Catchwords
Criminal law - Trial - Directions to jury - Murder - Manslaughter - Defences - Self-defence - Jury note - Whether judge's response to note threatening safety of jury's verdict - Whether defendant's conviction unsafe.
The Case
The defendant's conviction for manslaughter was not unsafe because the judge had not erred in directing the jury on self-defence.
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