Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001200/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 2 February 1996.
1. This was an appeal against a conviction for trafficking in dangerous drugs. The simple point in the appeal was that as identify was in issue in this case, it was incumbent upon the learned Magistrate to have reminded himself in accordance with the Turnbull guidelines of the inherent dangers associated with identification evidence. Mr Poll who appeared on the appeal but not in the court below reminded me of the authority of R. v. Beckford (1993) 97 Cr App R 409. That case was followed, though