R v Atkinson (Leslie)
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Date | 1978 |
Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
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13 cases
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Public Prosecutor v Knight Glenn Jeyasingam
...as possible justice must be administered in open court. Lord Scarman delivering the judgment of the Court of Appeal in R v Atkinson [1978] 2 All ER 460 elaborated further: In this sensitive area, the appearance of justice is part of the substance of justice and it will not do if a prisoner ......
- Chua Qwee Teck v PP
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DPP v Heeney
...The concept of plea bargaining was unacceptable in Irish law. Attorney General's Reference No. 40 of 1996, Leslie Atkinson (1978) 67 Cr. App. R. 200 approved. 4. That it was not relevant whether counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions indicated dissent at the level of sentence the t......
- New Tuck Shen v PP
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2 books & journal articles
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The Attorney General's Guidelines on Plea Bargaining in Serious Fraud: Obtaining Guilty Pleas Fairly?
...of plea bargainingcame with the decision in R v Goodyear24 where the Turner guidelines15 Above n. 13 at 327.16 Ibid.17 Ibid. at 326.18 [1978] 1 WLR 425.19 Ibid. at 428.20 See Baldwin and McConville, above n. 6 at 292.21 JUSTICE, Negotiated Justice: A Closer Look at the Implications of Plea ......
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Plea Bargainings: Ethics and Politics
...and Policing (1993); A. Sivanandan,Communities of Resistance (1990).56 Grice (1977) 66 Cr. App. R. 167, C.A. See, also, Atkinson [1978] 2 All E.R. 460. 579© Blackwell Publishers Ltd 1998Even if resistance to plea bargaining was actually weak,57 it could not bemaintained for long in the face......