Hearings
20 Feb 2015 [2015] EWCA Crim 178; [2015] 1 WLR 3442; [2015] 1 Cr App R 464; [2015] WLR (D) 80, CA
R v Gurpinar
Additional names
R v Kojo-Smith
Subject Matter
CRIME — Homicide — Loss of self-control — Evaluation of evidence of loss of control — Whether “sufficient evidence” for defence to be left to jury — Coroners and Justice Act 2009, ss 54, 55
[2015] EWCA Crim 178; [2015] 1 WLR 3442; [2015] 1 Cr App R 464; [2015] WLR (D) 80, CA
Legislation Considered
Statutes
Words & Phrases
"Sufficient evidence" — Coroners and Justice Act 2009, ss 54(5)(6)
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: R v Gurpinar [2015] EWCA Crim 178; [2015] 1 WLR 3442; [2015] 1 Cr App R 464; [2015] WLR (D) 80, CA
R v Jewell [2014] EWCA Crim 414, CA Applied
R v Dawes [2013] EWCA Crim 322; [2014] 1 WLR 947; [2013] 3 All ER 308; [2013] 2 Cr App R 24; [2013] WLR (D) 130; [2013] Crim LR 770, CA Considered
R v Clinton [2011] EWCA Crim 2; [2013] QB 1; [2012] 3 WLR 515; [2012] 2 All ER 947; [2012] 1 Cr App R 362; [2012] WLR (D) 2; [2012] Crim LR 539; The Times, 30 January 2012, CA Dicta of Lord Judge CJ, para 1, applied,
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: R v Gurpinar [2015] EWCA Crim 178; [2015] 1 WLR 3442; [2015] 1 Cr App R 464; [2015] WLR (D) 80, CA
Attorney General for Jersey v Holley [2005] UKPC 23; [2005] 2 AC 580; [2005] 3 WLR 29; [2005] 3 All ER 371; [2005] 2 Cr App R 588, PC
Bullard v The Queen [1957] 3 WLR 656, PC
Lee Chun-Chuen v The Queen [1963] AC 220; [1962] 3 WLR 1461; [1963] 1 All ER 73, PC
Luc Thiet Thuan v The Queen [1997] AC 131; [1996] 3 WLR 45; [1996] 2 All ER 1033; [1996] 2 Cr App R 178, PC
Pepper v Hart [1993] AC 593; [1992] 3 WLR 1032; [1993] ICR 291; [1993] 1 All ER 42; [1992] STC 898; 65 TC 421, HL(E)
Phillips v The Queen [1969] 2 AC 130; [1969] 2 WLR 581; 53 Cr App R 132, PC
R v Acott [1997] 1 WLR 306; [1997] 1 All ER 706; [1997] 2 Cr App R 94, HL(E)
R v Ahluwalia [1992] 4 All ER 889; 96 Cr App R 133, CA
R v Asmelash (Dawit) [2013] EWCA Crim 157; [2014] QB 103; [2013] 3 WLR 1056; [2013] 1 Cr App R 449; [2013] WLR (D) 79; [2013] Crim LR 599, CA
R v Bowen [1997] 1 WLR 372; [1996] 4 All ER 837; [1996] 2 Cr App R 157, CA
R v Cambridge [1994] 1 WLR 971; [1994] 2 All ER 760; 99 Cr App R 142, CA
R v Camplin [1978] AC 705; [1978] 2 WLR 679; [1978] 2 All ER 168; 67 Cr App R 14, HL(E)
R v Clinton [2011] EWCA Crim 2; [2013] QB 1; [2012] 3 WLR 515; [2012] 2 All ER 947; [2012] 1 Cr App R 362; [2012] WLR (D) 2; [2012] Crim LR 539; The Times, 30 January 2012, CA
R v Coutts [2006] UKHL 39; [2006] 1 WLR 2154; [2006] 4 All ER 353; [2007] 1 Cr App R 60; [2007] 1 CrApp R 60, HL(E)
R v D [2011] EWCA Crim 2305, CA
R v Dawes [2013] EWCA Crim 322; [2014] 1 WLR 947; [2013] 3 All ER 308; [2013] 2 Cr App R 24; [2013] WLR (D) 130; [2013] Crim LR 770, CA
R v Duffy [1949] 1 All ER 932, CCA
R v Evans (John Derek) [2009] EWCA Crim 2243, CA
R v Fox (Martin Lewis) (2) Hicks (Glen Adam) [2005] EWCA Crim 1122, CA
R v Foye (Lee Robert) [2013] EWCA Crim 475; (2013) 177 JP 449; [2013] Crim LR 839; [2013] CN 651; [2013] MHLR 182, CA
R v G [2003] UKHL 50; [2004] 1 AC 1034; [2003] 3 WLR 1060; [2003] 4 All ER 765; [2004] 1 Cr App R 237; (2003) 167 JP 621; [2004] Crim LR 369; The Times, 17 October 2003, HL(E)
R v Hebron (1989) 11 Cr App R (S) 226, CA
R v Jewell [2014] EWCA Crim 414, CA
R v Johnson (Christopher) [1989] 1 WLR 740; [1989] 2 All ER 839; 89 Cr App R 148, CA
R v Jones (Robert James) [2000] 3 Archbold News 2, CA
R v Miao (Hui) [2003] EWCA Crim 3486, CA
R v Murrell [2005] EWCA Crim 382; [2005] Crim LR 869, CA
R v Rossiter [1994] 2 All ER 752; 95 Cr App R 326, CA
R v Smith (Morgan) [2001] 1 AC 146; [2000] 3 WLR 654; [2000] 4 All ER 289; [2004] 4 All ER 289; [2001] 1 Cr App R 31, HL(E)
R v Thompson (James Matthew) [2013] EWCA Crim 1746, CA
R v Thornton (Sara) [1992] 1 All ER 306; 96 Cr App R 112, CA
R v Thornton (Sara) (No 2) [1996] 1 WLR 1174; [1996] 2 All ER 1023; [1996] 2 Cr App R 108, CA
R v Williams (Henry) (Maxine Violet) [2013] EWCA Crim 2521, CA
R v Workman [2014] EWCA Crim 575; [2014] CN 595, CA
Stingel v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 312
Subsequent Consideration
Cases subsequently considering: R v Gurpinar [2015] EWCA Crim 178; [2015] 1 WLR 3442; [2015] 1 Cr App R 464; [2015] WLR (D) 80, CA
Considered in Rex v Drake (Jaden) [2023] EWCA Crim 1454; [2024] 4 WLR 73; [2024] 3 All ER 754; [2024] 1 Cr App R 11; [2023] WLR(D) 514, CA
Considered in R v Goodwin (Anthony) [2018] EWCA Crim 2287; [2018] 4 WLR 165; [2019] 1 Cr App R 9; [2018] WLR (D) 667, CA
Cases citing
Cases citing: R v Gurpinar [2015] EWCA Crim 178; [2015] 1 WLR 3442; [2015] 1 Cr App R 464; [2015] WLR (D) 80, CA
R v Dawson [2021] EWCA Crim 40, CA
R v EE [2024] EWCA Crim 1345, CA
R v Goodwin (Anthony) [2018] EWCA Crim 2287; [2018] 4 WLR 165; [2019] 1 Cr App R 9; [2018] WLR (D) 667, CA
R v Harry Turner [2023] EWCA Crim 1626, CA
R v McDonald (James Luke) [2016] EWCA Crim 1529, CA
R v Rejmanski [2017] EWCA Crim 2061; [2018] 1 WLR 2721; [2018] 1 Cr App R 18; [2018] WLR (D) 28, CA
Regina v Emma-Jayne Magson [2018] EWCA Crim 2674, CA
Regina v Jovan Martin [2017] EWCA Crim 1359, CA
Rex v Drake (Jaden) [2023] EWCA Crim 1454; [2024] 4 WLR 73; [2024] 3 All ER 754; [2024] 1 Cr App R 11; [2023] WLR(D) 514, CA
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2024
Loss of Control - The Elements of the Defence - Killing Resulting from Loss of Self-control
B1.32
Loss of Control B1.31
Loss of Control - Burden of Proof and Role of Jury B1.39
Burden of Proof - Incidence of the Evidential Burden: General Rule - Loss of Self-control F3.39