People v. JEM

The applicant was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl.  He appealed on the grounds that the judge did not instruct the jury as to the danger of convicting the accused in the absence of corroboration of the victim's testimony. The Court rejected the appeal and held that the Criminal Law (Rape) Amendment leaves it to the judge's discretion whether to issue a warning about corroboration or not.

Topics

• Sexual violence and rape

Geographical location

• Europe
• Ireland

Keywords

• criminal law and procedure
• judicial discretion
• evidence
• corroboration rule
• credibility

Year

• 2000

External URL

• People v. JEM

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeal

Type

• Domestic Case Law

Jurisdiction

• Ireland