R v Bove
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE |
| Judgment Date | 20 March 1970 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1970] EWCA Crim J0320-5 |
| Docket Number | No. 3272/69 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Date | 20 March 1970 |
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- Spicer v Holt
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Spicer v Holt
...he is under arrest or not depends on whether he is free to go as he pleases, or has been told that he is in a state of custody". 33In Reg. v. Bove [1970] W.L.R. 949 where the prosecution was for failure without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for a laboratory test. Lord Parker C.J.,......
- Ajmer Singh v PP
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Ajmer Singh v Public Prosecutor
...required under s 70(4), and as a consequence, the specimen was inadmissible in evidence. Counsel referred to the English case of R v Bove [1970] RTR 261; (1970) 54 Cr App R 316 where the accused who had been unlawfully arrested under s 2 of the Road Safety Act 1967 was acquitted on a charge......
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House of Lords
...fact, sothatthequestionwhetherthatarrestwas lawful ornotwasimmaterial.ButinR. v.Bove(1970,1WL.R.949; 34j.G.L. 242),LordParkerC.J.saidthatthiswoulddrive acoachandfourthroughthewayin which theActhadbeenadministeredandstatedthattheanswertoWinnL.J.'sproposi-tion isthatanarrestcannotbebothunlawf......