Chapter 8 Self-test questions

Chapter 8 Self-test questions

Issues in the course of trial

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. Which of the following statements gives the correct account of s32 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994?

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. Which case is the leading authority for the proposition that the judge must give a mandatory warning where identification evidence is disputed?

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. Are the police allowed to show a witness a photograph of a suspect?

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. In which of the following factual situations will a Turnbull warning be required?
- i) If it is a recognition case
- ii) If the accused claims a witness is trying to 'frame' him
- iii) If the accused admits his presence at the scene of the crime but denies participation and the scene is crowded
- iv) Where the accused who admits his presence at the scene of the crime has unusual features.

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. Which of the following statements gives the correct position before a lie may be evidence of guilt according to R v Lucas (1981)?

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. Ruth's husband is charged with assaulting the police officer who came to arrest him on another matter. Ruth who was there at the time of the alleged assault told her husband's solicitor the next day that the policeman had attacked her husband first. When she repeated this allegation at the trial the prosecution claimed she had just made up this version of events. Which of the following is the most likely course to be adopted by the court?

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. The 'recent complaint' common law exception to the rule against the admissibility of previous consistent statements has been affected by the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Which of the following is true?

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. Which of the following is true?

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. To which case do the following facts refer?
The victim of an attempted robbery made a street identification of the defendant. A request for an identification parade was refused. The defendant was convicted. The House of Lords rejected his appeal. There should have been an identification parade but in this case the conviction was safe.

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. Gerry is on trial for burglary. A witness identified a car like the one Gerry owns near the scene of the offence. Gerry denies his car was there and disputes the identification of the car. What should the judge do?

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