Written question asked by Lord Spens (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 February 1994. It was answered by Lord Mackay of Clashfern (Conservative) on Monday, 21 February 1994.

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Mackay of Clashfern, RtHonLord

Question

The number of successful individual appeals in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in the years 1987 to 1993 inclusive, where verdicts have been quashed where confession evidence has been ruled unsafe. - This information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

552 c41WA

Session

1993-94

Subjects

Admissibility of evidence Criminal proceedings Appeals Confessions Court of Appeal

Contains statistics

Yes