Hearings
England & Wales
14 Mar 1975 [1975] 1 WLR 811; [1975] 2 All ER 945; 61 Cr App R 48, CA
11 Apr 1975 (pet dis) [1975] 1 WLR 924, HL(E)
R v Vickers
Additional names
Vickers v Director of Public Prosecutions
Subject Matter
CRIME — Court of Appeal — Jurisdiction — Ruling on agreed facts before pleading to charge — Plea of guilty consequent on ruling — Whether jurisdiction to set aside conviction — Criminal Appeal Act 1968, s 2 (1) (b)
CRIME — Drugs — Assisting in commission of offence outside United Kingdom — Taking containers from England to foreign country knowing drugs to be inserted and illegally imported elsewhere — Whether case to answer — Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, s 20
CRIME — Practice — Judge's ruling — Submissions on agreed facts before plea — Whether proper
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Assisting in or Inducing Commission Outside UK of Offence Punishable under Corresponding Law - Meaning of ‘Assisting’
B19.101
Assisting in or Inducing Commission Outside UK of Offence Punishable under Corresponding Law - Mens Rea B19.104