| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 369 (Apr) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Mantell LJ, Royce J and Judge Mettyear |
| Representation | James Norris (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Basil Hillman (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 30 April 2003 |
Catchwords
Criminal evidence and procedure - Evidence - Cross-examination - Counsel failing to cross-examine witness on identification evidence - Safety of conviction.
The Case
Where counsel for the defendant had failed to cross-examine a witness on certain identification evidence, the resulting conviction for indecent assault was quashed as the court could not be sure that the conviction was safe.
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