Practice and Procedure

R v JONATHAN HATTON (2005)

PUBLISHED October 26, 2005
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The decision in R v O'Grady (1987) 3 WLR 321 that, where a defendant sought to establish the defence of self-defence, it was not open to him to rely on a mistake induced by voluntary intoxication, applied equally to cases of manslaughter and murder.

[2005] EWCA Crim 2951

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