R v Riley

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE WALLER
Judgment Date30 July 1979
Judgment citation (vLex)[1979] EWCA Crim J0730-3
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date30 July 1979
Docket NumberNo. 2491/A/79

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  • R v Spencer
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • November 2, 1984
    ...that it is dangerous to convict. Indeed, the difference is obvious: see R. v. Price (Herbert) (1969) 1 Q.B. 541; R. v. Riley (1979) 70 Cr. App. R. 1 and R.v. Holland (1983) Crim. L.R. 14"We are in no doubt that the three complainants in the present case were shown to be persons in respect......
  • R v Beck
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • December 2, 1981
    ...Court of Appeal Criminal Division a few months earlier, it was not a proper foundation for the grant of leave in this case. That case was R v Riley (1980) 79 cr. App. R. 1 in which a witness was called for the prosecution in regard to whom there was material to suggest that he might be an a......
  • R v Bagshaw
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • December 2, 1983
    ...evidence of a witness with caution and a warning that it is dangerous to convict. Indeed, the difference is obvious. (See Price 52 CAR 295; Riley 70 CAR 1; and Holland & Smith 1983 CLR 545). 32 We are in no doubt that the three complainants in the present case were shown to be persons in re......
  • R v Stewart (John)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • March 25, 1986
    ...or "particular" or "the utmost" care are not enough: see Holland, supra; Price, [1968] 2 All England Reports 282; Riley, (1979) 70 Criminal Appeal Reports 1. Moreover, in Bagshaw, [1984] 1 Weekly Law Reports 477 and Whittaker, [1985] 1 All England Reports 673, there were the most elabor......
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