7/28/2019 Court of Criminal Appeal

1/2

Court of Criminal AppealFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, seeCourt of Criminal Appeal (disambiguation).

The Court of Criminal Appeal is the name of existing courts ofScotlandandIreland, and an historic

court inEngland and Wales.

Contents

[hide]

1 Ireland

2 Scotland

3 England and Wales

4 References

5 Bibliography

Ireland[edit]

SeeCourt of Criminal Appeal (Ireland)

The Court of Criminal Appeal hears cases which have been appealed from the Circuit Court,Central

Criminal CourtandSpecial Criminal Court. It is made up of three judges and has a majority decision.

Leave to appeal is only given where there is a disagreement on a point of law, although an exception

can be made when new evidence becomes available which could not have been presented before

the original court.

Scotland[edit]

Following the Criminal Appeal (Scotland) Act 1926(16 & 17 Geo. V), when theScottishHigh Court

of Justiciaryhears criminal appeals, it is known as the Court of Criminal Appeal. TheCriminal Appeal

(Scotland) Act 1927was passed the following year specifically to deal with theCase of Oscar Slater.

The court consists of at least threejudgeswhen hearing appeals against conviction and two when

hearing appeals against sentence, although more judges may sit when the court is dealing with

exceptionally difficult cases or those where important matters of law may be considered. This is

known as aFull Bench. Appeals are heard from theHigh Court of Justiciary, theSheriff Courtsand

theDistrict Courts. The High Court also hears appeals in cases referred to it by the Scottish Criminal

Cases Review Commission.[1]

England and Wales[edit]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal_(disambiguation)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal_(disambiguation)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal_(disambiguation)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_and_Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_and_Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_and_Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appealhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appealhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appealhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Irelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Irelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#England_and_Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#England_and_Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Bibliographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Bibliographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Court_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Court_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Court_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Criminal_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Criminal_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Criminal_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%26_17_Geo._Vhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%26_17_Geo._Vhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%26_17_Geo._Vhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_Lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_Lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Appeal_(Scotland)_Act_1927http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Appeal_(Scotland)_Act_1927http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Appeal_(Scotland)_Act_1927http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Appeal_(Scotland)_Act_1927http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_of_Oscar_Slaterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_of_Oscar_Slaterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_of_Oscar_Slaterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_of_the_College_of_Justicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_of_the_College_of_Justicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_of_the_College_of_Justicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_Courts_of_Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_Courts_of_Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_Courts_of_Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Criminal_Cases_Review_Commissionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Criminal_Cases_Review_Commissionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Criminal_Cases_Review_Commissionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Criminal_Cases_Review_Commissionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Criminal_Cases_Review_Commissionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Criminal_Cases_Review_Commissionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_Courts_of_Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_of_the_College_of_Justicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_of_Oscar_Slaterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Appeal_(Scotland)_Act_1927http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Appeal_(Scotland)_Act_1927http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_Lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%26_17_Geo._Vhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Criminal_Courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Court_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal_(Ireland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal?veaction=edit&vesection=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Bibliographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#England_and_Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#Irelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appealhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_and_Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal_(disambiguation)

7/28/2019 Court of Criminal Appeal

2/2

Home Sec. "Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Why leave it to Me!"

Mr. P. (sympathetically). "Why, indeed? But I don't see any Help for it till we get a Court of

Criminal Appeal."

Punchmagazine cartoon from 1890, noting then current discussion as to the need to relieve theHome Secretaryof the

responsibility for determining criminal case appeals.

The Court of Criminal Appeal was anEnglishappellate courtforcriminal casesestablished by

the Criminal Appeal Act 1907.[2]

It superseded theCourt for Crown Cases Reservedto which

referral had been solely discretionary and which could only consider points of law. Throughout the

nineteenth century, there had been opposition fromlawyers,judgesand theHome Officeagainst

such an appeal court with collateral right of appeal. However, disquiet over the convictions ofAdolf

BeckandGeorge Edaljiled to the concession of a new court that could hear matters of law, fact or

mixed law and fact.[3]

Though the court was staffed with the judges who had shown such hostility (consisting of the Lord

Chief Justice and eight judges of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court), it had a restraining

effect on the excesses of prosecutors. During the period 19091912, there was an average of 450

annual applications for leave to appeal of which an average of 170 were granted. Of that 170,

conviction was quashed in 20 percent of cases and sentence varied in another 22 per cent. Rulings

of the court included limitation of the lower courts' ability simultaneously to try multiple defendants,

multipleindictmentsand disparate counts within an indictment. The ability of the prosecution to

introduce further evidence after the close of the prosecution case was curtailed as were several

prejudicial practices with a defendant's previouscriminal record. Further, trial judges' ability to invade

the jury's role astrier of factcame under scrutiny, as did the practice of insisting that the defence

proceed even in the case of an inadequateprima faciecase by the prosecution. The Court also did

much to refine and systematise thelaw of evidence.[4][5]

On 1 October 1966, the Court of Criminal Appeal was superseded by the Criminal Division of

theCourt of Appeal of England and Wales.[6][7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Secretaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Secretaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Secretaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellate_courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellate_courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellate_courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_for_Crown_Cases_Reservedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_for_Crown_Cases_Reservedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_for_Crown_Cases_Reservedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Officehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Officehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Officehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Beckhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Beckhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Beckhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Beckhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edaljihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edaljihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edaljihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_recordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_recordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_recordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier_of_facthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier_of_facthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier_of_facthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_evidencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_evidencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punch_cartoon_-_Court_of_Criminal_Appeal.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punch_cartoon_-_Court_of_Criminal_Appeal.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punch_cartoon_-_Court_of_Criminal_Appeal.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punch_cartoon_-_Court_of_Criminal_Appeal.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_evidencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier_of_facthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_recordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edaljihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Beckhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Beckhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Officehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_for_Crown_Cases_Reservedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal#cite_note-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellate_courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Secretaryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_(magazine)