Hearings
England & Wales
15 Jan 2007 [2007] EWCA Crim 36; [2007] 1 WLR 1645; [2007] 1 Cr App R 439, CA
18 Oct 2007 (pet dis) [2007] 1 WLR 2613, HL(E)
R v Finch
Subject Matter
CRIME — Evidence — Admissibility — Confession by co-defendant — Co-defendant pleading guilty not called as witness in defendant's trial — Whether co-defendant “person charged in the same proceedings” as defendant — Whether confession admissible — Whether co-defendant's statements to police admissible as hearsay evidence — Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, s 76A (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 2003, s 128(1)) — Criminal Justice Act 2003, s 114(1)(d)
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Hearsay Exceptions: (2) Hearsay Admissible in the Interests of Justice - Factors to be Taken into Account
F17.35
Hearsay Exceptions: (2) Hearsay Admissible in the Interests of Justice - Relationship with Other Hearsay Exceptions - Anonymous and Non-compellable Witnesses F17.41
Meaning of Confession: Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, s. 82 - Partly and Wholly Exculpatory Statements F18.5
Confession Tendered by Co-accused F18.28
Mixed Statements - Admissibility of Mixed Statements F18.93