People (Attorney-General) v Galvin

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date02 February 1964
Date02 February 1964
CourtCourt of Criminal Appeal
(C.C.A.)
People (Attorney-General)
and
Galvin

Statements by accused in answer to questions by police officer - Discretion of trial judge to exclude - Inducement - Duration of effect - Subsequent statements to persons not in authority - Connection between first and subsequent stalements.

The applicant was questioned persistently by several Gardai in a Garda Station from 8.50 p.m. on the 8th April, 1961, until about 12.30 a.m. on the following morning. At about 12.15 a.m. he made an incriminatory statement to a Garda officer and was then cautioned for the first time but made other such statements. He was cautioned again at 1.30 a.m. At 2.40 a.m. he made an incriminatory...

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11 cases
  • People v Kelly (No. 2)
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1983
    ...in evidence at the trial of the suspect. The Queen v. JohnstonUNK(1864) 15 I.C.L.R. 60 and The People (Attorney General) v. GalvinIR [1964] I.R. 325 approved. (S.C.) The People (D.P.P.) and Kelly (No. 2) Detention of suspect - Release and re-arrest - Whether a voluntary statement - Role of ......
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    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1977
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  • DPP v Doyle
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 18 January 2017
    ...60, to The People (Attorney General) v. Manning 89 I.L.T.R. 155, the Court of Criminal Appeal in The People (Attorney General) v. Galvin [1964] I.R. 325 examined each of these decisions so as to deduce from them what the established position was regarding threats or inducements. The Court'......
  • DPP v Jason Murphy
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 18 January 2013
    ...ACT 2006 S16(4)(B) DPP v O'BRIEN 2011 1 IR 273 STATE v TREANOR & ORS 1924 2 IR 193 PEOPLE (DPP) v SHAW 1982 IR 1 PEOPLE (AG) v GALVIN 1964 IR 325 PEOPLE (DPP) v CRONIN (NO.2) 2006 4 IR 329 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2006 S16(2)(C)(I) CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2006 S16(4)(B) COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT 1......
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