Criminal Justice Act, 1990
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Procedure in cases of murder, and attempts, to which section 3 applies. |
6.—(1) Where a person is accused of murder to which section 3 applies or of any attempt to commit such a murder, he shall be charged in the indictment with murder to which that section applies or, as the case may be, with an attempt to commit such a murder. | |
(2) A person indicted for murder to which section 3 applies may— | ||
(a) if the evidence does not warrant a conviction for such murder but warrants a conviction for murder, be found guilty of murder, | ||
(b) if the evidence does not warrant a conviction for murder but warrants a conviction for manslaughter, be found guilty of manslaughter. | ||
(3) A person indicted for an attempt to commit a murder to which section 3 applies may, if the evidence does not warrant a conviction for such an attempt but warrants a conviction for an attempt to commit murder, be found guilty of an attempt to commit murder. |