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R v FRANK TOMPKINS (2005)

PUBLISHED November 4, 2005
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Where there had been non-disclosure by the prosecution at the time a plea had been entered, a defendant who had pleaded guilty should not in any way be in a worse position than those who had pleaded not guilty. As the appeals of the co-defendants who had pleaded not guilty to importing a Class B drug had been upheld on the basis of non-disclosure by the prosecution, the defendant's conviction for the same reason was unsafe notwithstanding his guilty plea.

[2005] EWCA Crim 3035

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