Feika v Reginam
1968-69 · ALR (S.L.) 342 (1968-69), Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone
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- Facts
- The killed his nephew in a quarrel over a woman and claimed he had been struck with a stick.
- Issue
- Should the judge have directed on insanity, and were the directions on sudden fight and adequate?
- Held
- A judge should not direct on hypothetical defences like insanity that no one raised, but there was no prejudice. The was affirmed.
- Principle
- Directions should deal with the defences the evidence actually raises.
- Why it matters
- Restates Amara v Reginam on directions.
Words and Latin in this note
- Provocation
- A partial defence to murder in Sierra Leone. The accused lost self-control because of provocative conduct, and a reasonable person with the accused's characteristics might have done as he did. It reduces murder to manslaughter. It is not a defence to any other crime. Open the note.
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