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Court of Criminal Appeal allows appeal by DPP against dismissal of charge by trial judge prior to trial, where sworn information for a search warrant gave an incorrect address.
Criminal law - application for dismissal of charge prior to trial - s.4(E) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 (as amended) - information sworn before peace commissioner for search warrant - incorrect address on information - address given as "4 Marrowbone Close" instead of "4 Marrowbone Lane Close" - whether warrant valid for premises searched - whether deliberate and conscious violation of constitutional rights - whether error invalidated warrant - exclusionary rule - whether address on warrant described premises - whether misdescription calculated to mislead.
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