FAIRNESS OF ALLOWING PROSECUTING COUNSEL TO MAKE CLOSING SPEECH WHERE DEFENDANT UNREPRESENTED

November 25, 2014

It was doubtful whether there was still a rule that prosecuting counsel could not make a closing speech where the accused was unrepresented. It was preferable to approach the issue as a matter of balance and fairness: it was incumbent on a trial judge, faced with an unrepresented accused, to assess all the circumstances of the case and decide whether it would be fair to allow prosecuting counsel to make a speech.

CHARACTER CLOSING SPEECHES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DEFENDANTS IN PERSON FAIRNESS OF ALLOWING PROSECUTING COUNSEL TO MAKE CLOSING SPEECH WHERE DEFENDANT UNREPRESENTED RAPE ROBBERY

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