DPP v McNeill
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Judge | Denham J.,Mr. Justice Fennelly,O'Donnell J. |
Judgment Date | 08 April 2011 |
Neutral Citation | [2011] IESC 12 |
Date | 08 April 2011 |
Court | Supreme Court |
Docket Number | [S.C. No. 375 of |
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29 cases
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DPP v S.A.
...the impugned material; (iv) the evidence adduced was clearly relevant and necessary in terms of the test in The People (DPP) v McNeill [2011] IESC 12; (v) the refusal to withdraw the case in terms of the principles in R v Galbraith [1981] 1 WLR 1039 and POC v The DPP [2000] 3 IR 87 was a le......
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DPP v Shannon
...state of the law in that regard in this jurisdiction. Rather, following the decision of the Supreme Court in The People (DPP) v McNeill [2011] 2 I.R. 669 there is now considerable doubt as to whether a balancing test is the appropriate one. In that regard, in Evidence (2nd Edition, 2014, Ro......
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The People (at the suit of the DPP) v Clement Limen
...probative force could arise from some circumstance other than similarity. 117 In The Director of Public Prosecutions v. McNeill [2011] IESC 12, [2011] 2 I.R. 669 (“ McNeill”), a decision of this Court, the single complainant had alleged that the accused had subjected her to prolonged and ......
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DPP v P. P
...General v Kirwan [1943] IR 279; People (DPP) v. B. [1997] 3 IR 140; People (DPP) v. B.K. [2000] 2 IR 199; People (DPP) v. McNeill [2011] 2 IR 669; People (DPP) v. McCurdy [2012] IECCA 76; People (DPP) v. C.C. [2012] IECCA 86, and ( People) DPP v. M.S. [2019] IECA 12. Only some of these invo......
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1 books & journal articles
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Reform of the Exclusionary rule in Relation to Evidence of Bad Character and Misconduct Evidence
...When extrinsic matters are introduced, the likelihood is that these issues 17 Ibid , at 605 18 [2001] 4 I.R. at 16 19 Ibid , at 31 20 [2011] I.E.S.C. 12 21 Ibid , at para.27 04 Kennedy.indd 101 29/05/2014 10:50 102 shane kennedy will delect some of the jury’s attention from its ultimate det......