Practice and Procedure

R v JAMES STEWART (2009)

PUBLISHED March 26, 2009
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[2009] EWCA Crim 593

The court gave guidance for judges structuring a summing up in murder trials where the defendant raised a defence of diminished responsibility based solely on alcohol dependency syndrome without any observable brain damage.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, Wyn Williams J, Holroyde J)

26/03/2009

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