DPP v O'Brien
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1969 |
| Date | 01 January 1969 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
(C.C.A.)
The People (Attorney General)
and
O'Brien
Identification of accused - Witness acquainted with the accused prior to date of alleged crime - Judge's charge -Necessity for warning the jury - Caution to be exercised in accepting visual identification -Failure to give such warning - Conviction -Appeal - New trial.
The accused was tried by a judge and jury on certain charges of burglary and larceny in and from a dwelling belonging to one Mary Grimes on 31st August, 1968. In the course of the trial...
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