REGINA v SMITH 1980 ZLR 32 (G)
Citation | 1980 ZLR 32 (G) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | General Division, Salisbury |
Judge | Beck, J; Waddington J concurring |
Heard | 6th February, 1980 |
Judgment | 6th February, 1980 |
Counsel | Details not supplied |
Case Type | Criminal Review |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Mental disorder — automatism — onus of proof of allegation that accused committed crime when in state of automatism — whether accused who proves allegation entitled to acquittal.
Road Traffic Act, 1976 (No. 48 of 1976) — section 54 — evidence in criminal trial indicting that accused may super from amnesia and automatism — duty of Court to inquire into accused's competence to drive motor-vehicle in terms of section 54.
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