Read the full judgment text of CACC 000150/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 23 May 1969 before Rigby SPJ, Huggins J.
Criminal law – robbery – identity – confessions – admissibility – voluntariness – threats – voir dire – appeal – conviction quashed – Appellant convicted of robbery; identity disputed; prosecution relied on three statements; first statement rejected as involuntary; second statement admitted; third statement admitted without proper procedure – Legal issues: (1) Whether second statement voluntary despite possible prior threat; (2) Whether third statement admissible without proper voir dire – Holding: Second statement inadmissible due to insufficient evidence of removal of threat; third statement inadmissible as judge failed to consider admissibility – Appeal allowed; conviction quashed.
Legal issues: Admissibility of statement made in answer to charge after possible prior threat · Admissibility of gratuitous confession made during explanation of identification parade
Outcome: Appeal allowed; conviction quashed.