Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 276 (Jan)
Neutral Citation: [2003] EWCA Crim 28
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Mance LJ, Sachs and Mitchell JJ

Representation David Farrer QC and Adrian Reynolds (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
  John Milmo QC (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 29 January 2003

Catchwords

Criminal procedure and evidence - Evidence - Expert evidence - Conflicting expert evidence - Withdrawal of case from jury.

The Case

In a case in which there was conflicting expert evidence in relation to cause of death, a judge had not erred in leaving the case for the consideration of the jury because they had, in all the circumstances, been in a position properly to consider all the expert evidence before returning a verdict.

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