An appellate court directing a verdict of acquittal on a murder charge while ordering a re-trial limited to manslaughter does not create a plea in bar of autrefois acquit, and s 163 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) does not prevent this course; R v PL supersedes R v Murrell on this point.
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