28 Apr 1992
R. v. LAM YIN-YUNG
- Citation
- R. v. LAM YIN-YUNG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC96/1991
The trial judge committed a material irregularity by failing to clarify whether defence counsel was challenging the admissibility of a cautioned statement and by not informing the unrepresented accused of his right to a voir dire or to recall prosecution witnesses regarding voluntariness before the close of the Crown case; that omission could have materially affected the accused's decision to give evidence and required quashing the conviction and ordering a retrial.