[2012] EWCA Crim 2474

A judge in a murder trial had been right to admit evidence relating to the effect on the defendant's personality of alcohol and cannabis, as such evidence was relevant to the issue of whether, when under the influence of alcohol and cannabis, the defendant was one of the persons who had killed the victim. The evidence was also admissible under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.101(1)(d), as relevant to an important matter in issue.

CA (Crim Div) (Richards LJ, McCombe J, Stuart-Smith J)

25/10/2012