Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 204 (Dec)
Neutral Citation: [2003] EWCA Crim 3554
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Mantell LJ. Jackson J and the Recorder of Manchester

Representation John Causer (instructed by Maxim & Co) for the first defendant.
  Tony Ventham (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the second defendant.
  Anthony Metzer (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the third defendant.
  Charles Sherrard (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the fourth defendant.
  Gavin Holme (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 11 December 2003

Catchwords

Criminal evidence and procedure - Trial - Summing up - Combined effect of misdirections - Safety of convictions.

The Case

The combination of misdirections rendered the defendants' convictions for affray and one defendant's conviction for dangerous driving unsafe.

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