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R v JOHN RANDALL POPE (2012)

PUBLISHED November 1, 2012
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[2012] EWCA Crim 2241

The court refused to apply the "lurking doubt" principle first identified in R. v Cooper (Sean) [1969] 1 Q.B. 267 to overturn a conviction of murder. It explained why the application of that principle was limited to the most exceptional circumstances.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, Wilkie J, Singh J)

01/11/2012

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