Section 118: Voir dire – Hearing of evidence—The accused were charged with
consolidated text (as at 2017). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
118. Voir dire – Hearing of evidence—The accused were charged with
manslaughter. After all the evidence was heard in the voir dire it transpired
that Counsel for accused No. 1 had also intervened for accused No. 2 at the
stage of the police enquiry. Counsel for accused No. 1 withdrew. The case
was adjourned and at the next sitting Counsel for accused No. 2 sought to
have the indictment against accused No. 2 quashed. The Court rejected
Counsel’s claim that the accused would be denied a fair trial because evidence had been heard on the voir dire. R v Boyjoo (1991).
C. Delay