Read the full judgment text of CACC 309/2018 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 25 October 2022 before Poon CJHC, Macrae VP, Zervos JA.
Criminal law – murder – application for certificate to Court of Final Appeal – jury direction – burden of proof – circumstantial evidence – Specimen Directions – s.32(2) Cap 484 – applicant convicted of murdering wife and daughter – Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal – applicant sought to certify question whether direction placing burden on defendant – court held question not arguable – direction from Specimen Directions is well-established – summing-up as a whole correctly stated burden and standard – application refused.
Legal issues: Proposed question of law for CFA certificate
Outcome: Application for certificate under s.32(2) Cap 484 refused.
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