Cases
- Brennan v HM Advocate 1977 JC 38 – authority against automatism in cases of voluntary intoxication
- Cadder v HM Advocate UKSC 43 - not being permitted access to a solicitor while in police custody was a breach of Article 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights
- Cawthorne v HM Advocate 1968 JC 32
- Crawford v HM Advocate 1950 JC 67
- Drury v HM Advocate 2001 SCCR 538 – provided modern definition of murder
- Jamieson v HM Advocate 1994 SLT 537
- Khaliq v HM Advocate 1984 JC 23
- Ross v HM Advocate 1991 JC 210 – first authoritative recognition of non-insane automatism
- Smart v HM Advocate 1975 JC 30
- Sutherland v HM Advocate 1994 SLT 634
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