Appeal against discharge of whole jury
5G Appeal against discharge of whole jury
The Attorney General, Director of Public Prosecutions or any other party to a trial of criminal proceedings before a jury may appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal for review of any decision by the court to discharge the jury, but only with the leave of the Court of Criminal Appeal.
The Court of Criminal Appeal is to deal with an appeal as soon as possible after the application for leave to appeal is lodged.
The Court of Criminal Appeal—
may affirm or vacate the decision appealed against, and
if it vacates the decision, may make some other decision instead of the decision appealed against.
If leave to appeal under this section is refused by the Court of Criminal Appeal, the refusal does not preclude any other appeal following a conviction on the matter to which the refused application for leave to appeal related.
This section does not apply to the discharge of a jury under section 51, 55E, 56 or 58 of the Jury Act 1977.
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