HM Advocate v Blake
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Year | 1986 |
| Date | 1986 |
| Court | High Court of Justiciary |
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3 cases
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Her Majesty's Advocate V. Gareth Kerr
...homicide by reason of the accused's diminished responsibility. Although in Galbraith v HMA the court had been referred to HMA v Blake 1986 S.L.T. 661 in which Lord Brand had directed a jury that the effect of diminished responsibility was to reduce a crime of attempted murder to the crime o......
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Kim Louise Scarsbrook Or Galbraith V. Her Majesty's Advocate
...no detailed submissions on the matter of attempted murder and therefore go no further than to record that, in H.M. Advocate v. Blake 1986 S.L.T. 661 at p. 663 C, Lord Brand directed the jury that, if they found diminished responsibility established, their verdict would be "guilty of assault......
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Scarsbrook or Galbraith v Hm Advocate
...January 1999. After trial, she was convicted of murder. Cases referred to: Advocate (HM) v Aitken (1902) 4 Adam 88 Advocate (HM) v Blake 1986 SLT 661 Advocate (HM) v BraithwaiteSC 1945 JC 55 Advocate (HM) v Brown (1882) 4 Coup 596 Advocate (HM) v Campbell 1921 JC 1 Advocate (HM) v ConnellyS......