[2013] EWCA Crim 2185

Evidence as to the sentencing options available to the judge following conviction, and as to whether the defendant would ever be released from hospital if sentenced under the mental health legislation, were not proper matters for the jury. To permit a defendant to adduce such evidence encouraged a jury to speculate about irrelevant considerations and decide the case other than on its merits.

CA (Crim Div) (Treacy LJ, Green J, Sir David Maddison)

08/11/2013