DPP v Leary Walker
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1974 |
| Year | 1974 |
| Date | 1974 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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49 cases
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R v Brown (Gavaska), Kevin Brown and Troy Matthews
...123 The trial judge's directions were modelled on Lord Salmon's statement in Director of Public Prosecutions v. Leary Walker (1974) 21 W.I.R. 406 at 411 (C–E). These directions in our view were mild in comparison with those given in Watt v R. (at p. 279 (j), where the judge asked; "Has he ......
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Yourrick Furlonge Appellant v The Queen Respondent [ECSC]
...II, p. 181, lines 18–22 and p. 182, lines 2–13. 20 See Transcript of Trial Proceedings Volume II, p. 158, lines 13–19. 21 At p. 248. 22 (1974) 21 WIR 406 . 23 See pp. 248–249 of Mills v Others v R (1995) 46 WIR 240. 24 See Transcript of Trial Proceedings Volume II, p. 147, lines 1–4. 25 Se......
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R v Scarlett (Briston)
... ... IN THE COURT OF APPEAL ... THE HON. MR JUSTICE HARRISON, J.A ... THE HON MR. JUSTICE WALKER, J.A ... THE HON. MR. JUSTICE HARRISON, J.A. (Ag.) ... REGINA V BRISTON ... "In our law an accused has a right to make an un- sworn statement in his defence and in Director of Public Prosecutions v Leary Walker [1974] 12 JLR 1369 Lord Salmon directed at page 1373 : " ... The jury should always be told that it is exclusively for them to make ... ...
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Trevor Whyte v R Nigel Calder Allan Beecher
...held that no such direction was necessary and that such cases were governed by the guidelines given by the Board 20 years earlier in DPP v Leary Walker (1974) 21 WIR 406. In that earlier decision the Board had stated that what was required was for the jury to be directed that they should g......
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Case Law
...nothing…give the unsworn statement only such weight…think it deserves. Possession Generally Options of the Accused DPP v Leary Walker (1974) 21 WIR 406 Knowledge Custody Control Bernal and Moore PC 56/1996 (1997) 51 WIR 241 Privy Council, Jamaica ‘Wilful Blindness’ Knowledge Monica Williams......