South Africa Case Law

S v Kroon (635/95)

S v Kroon (635/95) [1997] ZASCA 11; ; [1997] 2 All SA 330 (A); (14 March 1997)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

635/95

Judges

Smalberger, Schutz, Plewman

The court dismissed a criminal appeal challenging an assessor’s participation after his medical retirement, holding there was no objective basis to find unfairness or invalidity.

• Recusal Of Assessor
• Objective Test For Bias
• Procedural Irregularity
• Competence Of Assessor
• Criminal-appeals
• Judicial-recusal