R v White [1987] 3 All ER 416
Judgement for the case R v White
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Defendant stabbed Victim during an argument over Victim’s dog.
The judge directed on self-defence but didn’t mention the “unexpected anguish” qualification from Lord Morris in Palmer.
CA dismissed the appeal saying that this omission would only render convictions unsafe if it the “unexpected anguish” was relevant to the case. In this case it was not (Victim came prepared with a knife and did not reach for it “instinctively” as the qualification requires).
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