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R V LEONARDO BIANCO (2001)

PUBLISHED November 1, 2001
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[2001] EWCA Crim 2516

A trial judge's decision to withdraw the defence of duress from a jury had not breached the defendant's rights under Art.6 European Convention on Human Rights because no reasonable jury properly directed could have accepted that defence.

CA (Crim Div) (Laws LJ, Sir Brian Smedley, Judge Rant QC)

01/11/2001

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