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R v Patrick Curran

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Patrick Curran
   
Issue: Whether psychiatric evidence suggesting that a defendant was guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility rather than murder was admissible on appeal when the accused declined to admit the killing and the case against him had relied on circumstantial and forensic evidence.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   2020/00451/B1
   
Neutral Citation:   [2021] EWCA Crim 1999
   
Judge(s): Macur LJ, Picken J, HHJ Dean QC
   
Date: 44539