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R v Wang
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R v Wang (2005) in the criminal law of England and Wales is the binding precedent, from the highest court, that a judge in England or in Wales is not entitled to direct, or instruct, order or require, a jury to return a verdict of guilty.
Quick Facts Her Majesty the Queen v Wang, Court ...
Her Majesty the Queen v Wang | |
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Court | House of Lords |
Full case name | Her Majesty the Queen or Regina or the Crown (versus or and) Cheong Wang |
Decided | 10 February 2005 (2005-02-10) |
Citation | [2005] UKHL 9, [2005] 1 WLR 661, [2005] 1 All ER 782, [2005] 2 Cr App R 8 |
Case history | |
Prior actions | Wang, R. v [2003] EWCA Crim 3228 (Laws LJ, Curtis J, Recorder of Cardiff) |
Appealed from | Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Criminal Division) |
Related actions | Court of Appeal re-formulating of ancillary orders, 18 July 2005, EWCA Crim 2073 |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Steyn, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Lord Carswell |
Case opinions | |
There are no circumstances in which a judge is entitled to direct a jury to return a verdict of guilty. The appeal was allowed and the conviction of the defendant was quashed. | |
Decision by | Unanimous opinion of the whole committee, that is, per curiam |
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