R v Durham Quarter Sessions. ex parte Virgo

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1952
Year1952
CourtDivisional Court
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    ... ... - Plea - Guilty - Plea of guilty before justices - Committal to quarter sessions for sentence - Appeal against conviction on ground that plea ... Reg. v. Durham Quarter Sessions, Ex parte Virgo [1952] 2 Q.B. 1; [1952] 1 All E.R. 466, ... ...
  • The King on the application of Crown Prosecution Service v Crown Court at Preston
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 27 July 2023
    ...in favour of the appellant before it can go on to hear an appeal by way of re-hearing on a reference from the CCRC. 20 R v Durham Quarter Sessions, ex p Virgo [1952] 2 QB 1 contains the classic formulation of the test by Lord Goddard, Chief Justice, based on common law rather than an inter......
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  • Conviction by Consent? Vulnerability, Autonomy and Conviction by Guilty Plea
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 83-2, April 2019
    • 1 April 2019
    ...must not plead guilty unless guilty was sufficient to ensure free and accurateplea decisions. 22. Durham Quarter Sessions, ex parte Virgo [1952] 2 QB 1.23. See R v Turner (n 21).24. R v Williams [1978] QB 373.25. See R v Turner (n 21). In this case, the appellant contended that his guilty p......

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