R v Cockley

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeMR. JUSTICE BRISTOW
Judgment Date16 March 1984
Judgment citation (vLex)[1984] EWCA Crim J0316-1
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo. 774/B/84
Date16 March 1984

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  • R v Ilhan Doldur
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 7 Julio 2012
    ...defendant was wrongly exposed to conviction on the strength of his co-defendant's evidence alone. There are obiter dicta of the Court in R v. Cockley (1984) 79 Cr. App. R 181, CA, at 183–4 following Abbott in drawing the same distinction. 35 It may be that, where the only evidence against a......
  • R v Smith (Patrick Joseph) ; R v Taylor (James) ; R v Nicholson (John) ; R v Johnson (Henry)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 25 Mayo 1999
    ...after the wrongful rejection of a submission of no case to answer. Formerly the position was judged at the time of the submission (see R v—Cockley 79 CAR 181CA). In R -v—Berry 99 CLR 487 (transcript 20th January 1998) this court seems to have considered that the approach remains unchanged f......
  • R v Philip Lyons
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 8 Junio 1989
    ...any real assistance. Mr. Goldberg sought comfort by analogy from three authorities, R v. Abbott [1955] 39 Cr App R 114, R v. Cockley [1984] 79 Cr App R 181, and R v. Faulkner 56 Cr App R 594. 5 We do not find those cases of any real assistance. Although the essence of the case is stated in ......
  • R v David James Steele
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 3 Febrero 1989
    ...to answer must be judged as the evidence stands at the close of the prosecution case. For that he cites the authority of R v Cockley [1984] 79 Cr.App.R 181. In particular in that case this court pointed out that it would be inappropriate to apply the proviso, if a submission of no case to a......
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