Connelly v DPP
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connelly-v-dpp-311-14209399
title:
Connelly v DPP
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Connelly v DPP [1964] AC 1254 was a landmark appeal whereby the highest court set out the way in which peripheral double jeopardy trials can take place in British law. It was ruled such proceedings should only be stayed where a retrial would be an abuse of process that violated objective standards of fairness and hampered the rights of the defendant. Connelly had been tried for murder, while in the commission of a robbery, and was found guilty despite a defence revolving around a lack of intent
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British legal case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connelly_v_DPP
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2023-11-17T15:54:54Z
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