R v Brown

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Miscarriage of discretion at trial
  5. › No miscarriage of justice
  6. › Proviso
  7. › Whether conviction inevitable on appellant's own version of events
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Self-defence
  3. › Excessive force
  4. › Whether force used was out of all proportion to the attack
  5. › Whether conviction inevitable where self-defence negatived by excessive force on accused's own version
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Sentencing
  3. › Fact-finding by sentencing judge
  4. › Jury question during deliberations
  5. › Whether jury question limits sentencing judge's fact-finding role
  6. › Whether sentence manifestly excessive
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Evidence
  3. › Cross-examination of accused on prior conviction
  4. › Discretion to allow cross-examination
  5. › Miscarriage of discretion

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