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The Supreme Court held that a fugitive tried and convicted in absentia may not appeal until surrender or arrest renders the prior judgment non-existent.
The Court of Appeal established binding principles on criminal responsibility and mental illness, the definition of contradictory judgments, the limits of procedural error as grounds for second appeal, the requirements for recusal, evidentiary standards for property division among unmarried cohabitants, the scope of mitigating circumstances in sentencing, the validity of confessions, the appellate court's power to reduce sentences, the corroboration requirement for child testimony, and the rule that doubt must benefit the accused.
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Court of Appeal digest of April 2023 precedents on criminal responsibility, contradictory judgments, recusal, sentencing mitigation, corroboration, cohabitation property division, and labour redundancy.
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