Abstract
Ferguson v HM Advocate1 raises the question of withholding the culpable homicide verdict from the jury in a murder trial. It also touches upon the inference to be drawn from the use of a lethal weapon in an attack which is eventually fatal. This comment considers both of these points.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 316 - 320 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Edinburgh Law Review |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2009 |
Keywords
- culpable homicide
- Ferguson v HMA
- case law
- trial