판결 이유
Where the victim freely and voluntarily self-injects a drug supplied by the defendant, the defendant is not guilty of manslaughter. The victim's autonomous act breaks the chain of causation.
사실관계
Kennedy prepared heroin and gave a syringe to the deceased, who injected himself and died.
판결 요약
The conviction was quashed. The deceased freely and voluntarily injected himself, breaking the chain of causation. Kennedy did not 'administer' the drug.
주요 인용문
"The deceased's free and voluntary act of self-injection broke the chain of causation."
— Lord Bingham
후속 처리
Good law
Definitive authority on causation in drug supply cases.