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R v Matthew Colborne | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether the jury should have been allowed to hear evidence as to the effect of a hospital and restriction order regime in determining whether a homicide was murder or manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility; whether a minimum term of 37 years was proper for a murder conviction. | 
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| Court:  | 
Court of Appeal | 
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| Reference:    | 
2013/01200/C3 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2013] EWCA Crim 2185 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Treacy LJ, Green J, Sir David Maddison | 
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| Date:  | 
8 November 2013 |