R v Lewis

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE MAY
Judgment Date11 February 1988
Judgment citation (vLex)[1988] EWCA Crim J0211-1
Date11 February 1988
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo. 3168/D1/87

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  • R v Louise P
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • November 27, 2001
  • Tan Kiam Peng v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • September 28, 2007
    ...[2002] SGHC 225 (refd) Public Prosecutor v Tan Kok An [1996] 1 MLJ 89 (refd) R v Boyesen [1982] AC 768 (refd) R v Gareth Edmund Lewis (1988) 87 Cr App R 270 (refd) R v James McNamara (1988) 87 Cr App R 246 (refd) R v Keith Ian Thomas (1976) 63 Cr App R 65 (refd) R v Leslie George Griffiths ......
  • PP v Phuthita Somchit
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • March 25, 2011
    ...the time Warner was decided: see, for example, the English Court of Appeal decisions of McNamara... at 251-252;R v Gareth Edmund Lewis(1988) 87 Cr App R 270 at 276 andJohn A Leeson v R [1999] EWCA Crim 2176 ('Leeson'); as well as the House of Lords decisions of R v Boyesen [1982] AC 768 at ......
  • Hksar v Li Cheung
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • January 11, 2005
    ...erred in finding that the applicant was in possession of the items the subjects of the charges. 25. We were referred to R v Lewis (1988) 87 Cr App R 270, where the English Court of Appeal “a person in is in possession of something when he has knowledge of its presence and some control over ......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Court of Appeal
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 53-1, February 1989
    • February 1, 1989
    ...is as likely as not to depend upon whatinference can properly be drawn relating to the extent of hisknowledge. In R. v. Lewis (1988) 87 Cr.App.R. 270, the appellantwas the sole tenant of a house which was searched by the policein his absence and was found to contain quantities of two contro......

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