R v Peaston

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
Judgment Date09 November 1978
Judgment citation (vLex)[1978] EWCA Crim J1109-1
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo. 4463/A2/77
Date09 November 1978

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  • R v Hana Kadir Rasoul
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 25 May 2012
    ...an attractive argument, submitted that as a matter of law he did not even have control. He relied principally on the case of Peaston (1979) 69 Cr.App.R 203 which involved a charge under section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. In that case the question was whether the defendant had drugs ......
  • R v Hana Kadir Rasoul
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 25 May 2012
    ...an attractive argument, submitted that as a matter of law he did not even have control. He relied principally on the case of Peaston (1979) 69 Cr.App.R 203 which involved a charge under section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. In that case the question was whether the defendant had drugs ......
  • KATIE Adams v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 11 March 2002
    ...8 That case is remarkably similar to this; but the Crown rely in answer upon a decision of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in R v Peaston (1979) 69 Cr App R 203, where police, executing a search warrant, found an unopened envelope pushed through the letter box by the postman with ot......

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