Opening the door to fickle-minded guilty pleas? Public Prosecutor v Dinesh s/o Rajantheran

Opening the door to fickle-minded guilty pleas? Public Prosecutor v Dinesh s/o Rajantheran

Unlike applications to retract guilty pleas, accused persons are not required to provide valid and sufficient reasons when qualifying their guilty pleas in mitigation. In Criminal Reference No. 5 of 2018, the Court of Appeal held that section 228(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code allows accused pers...

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Main Author: GOH, Teng Jun Gerome
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
Subjects:
Criminal Law
Penal Code
Guilty Pleas
Withdrawal
Asian Studies
Courts
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3270
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5228/viewcontent/2020SingJLegalStud756_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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