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R v DARYL HOWARD MORRIS (2013)

PUBLISHED April 16, 2013
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[2013] EWCA Crim 436

A judge's direction, given in a dangerous driving trial, contained an error of law as it had failed to inform the jury that it could conclude that a taxi driver had acted to prevent crime, namely the offence of making off without payment, when he had driven onto a pavement and injured a passenger. The jury should have been directed to focus on what the driver honestly believed the facts to be.

CA (Crim Div) (Leveson LJ, Mitting J, Males J)

16/04/2013

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