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Haughton v Smith
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Haughton v Smith was a judicial case in which the House of Lords ruled that it was impossible to commit the crime of handling stolen goods where the goods were not stolen; nor could an offence of attempting to handle them be committed in such circumstances. The latter part of the ruling was partially overturned by the Criminal Attempts Act 1981.
Quick Facts Regina v Roger Smith or more commonly Haughton v Smith, Court ...
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Court | (Judicial Committee of the) House of Lords |
Decided | 21 November 1973 |
Citation | [1975] AC 476, [1973] 3 All ER 1109, [1974] 3 W.L.R. 1 |
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Legislation cited | none (common law) |
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Prior actions | Crown Court Appeal to the Court of Appeal: conviction quashed [1975] AC 476; [1973] 2 WLR 942; [1973] 2 All ER 896; 57 Cr App R 666, |
Subsequent action | None |
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Judges sitting | Lord Widgery CJ, James LJ, Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone LC, Lord Reid, Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest, Viscount Dilhorne and Lord Salmon |
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Substituted sentence to be upheld; appeal seeking reinstatement of murder conviction dismissed (a per curiam judgement) | |
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