8. Identification, care warnings, questioning at trial

Abstract

This chapter examines a number of procedural matters in criminal trials. It first explains suspect evidence and the erosion of the rules on corroboration under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. It then concentrates on identification evidence concerned with the Turnbull directions and the provisions of Code D to PACE 1984. It continues with a review of some procedural aspects of examination and cross examination. The chapter concludes with an examination of the rules on cross examination of complainants in sexual cases on previous sexual history and the case law under section 41 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.