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unusual facts about Criminal Appeal Reports


R v B

1997 2 Cr. App. R. 88, CA was a case in which the undisclosed party (B) was charged with an indecent assault on two of his grandsons.


Common assault

In DPP v. Taylor, DPP v. Little 1992 1 QB 645, 95 Cr App R 28, it was held that common assault is a statutory offence, contrary to section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

R v Adams

R v Adams 1996 2 Cr App R 467, 1996 Crim LR 898, CA and R v Adams 1998 1 Cr App R 377, The Times, 3 November 1997, CA, are rulings that ousted explicit Bayesian statistics from the reasoning admissible before a jury in DNA cases.

R v. Fellows; R v. Arnold

R v. Fellows; R v. Arnold 1997 1 Cr App R 244; 1997 2 All E.R. 548, is a prominent English case on the statutory interpretation of section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978, and the Obscene Publications Act 1959, the definitions have since been amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.


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