R v Burns (James)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE WATKINS
Judgment Date06 February 1984
Judgment citation (vLex)[1984] EWCA Crim J0206-2
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNos. 6154/R/83, 6693/R/83, 6696/R/83 and 6989/R/83
Date06 February 1984

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  • Involuntary Intoxication
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 79-2, April 2015
    • 1 Abril 2015
    ...is simply a description of (often criminal) behaviour, or is capable of forming a defence to anallegation of such’).22. See Burns [1984] 79 Cr App R 173 (CA). See also Law Commission, Criminal Liability: Insanity and Automatism, DiscussionPaper (2013) 1.86 and also Reed and Wake, above n. 9......

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