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R v Taylor[2019] QCA 263

CITATION: R v Taylor [2019] QCA 263
JUDGE(S): Morrison JA, McMurdo JA, Bradley J
DELIVERED ON: 22 November 2019
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    R v Taylor

  • Shortened Case Name:

    R v Taylor

  • MNC:

    [2019] QCA 263

  • Court:

    QCA

  • Judge(s):

    Morrison JA, McMurdo JA, Bradley J

  • Date:

    22 Nov 2019

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary JudgmentDC492/17 (No citation)14 Mar 2019Date of conviction; tried before Muir DCJ and jury; found guilty and convicted of dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing grievous bodily harm (left the scene).
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2019] QCA 263 (2019) 90 MVR 43122 Nov 2019Appeal against conviction dismissed; cross-examination did not infringe right to silence; prosecutor did not attack accused’s evidence by reference to what he did not say to police; no right to silence operated with respect to decision to brief expert and, in assessing accused’s evidence, jury could consider his failure to give his version of events to a person to whom he might have been expected to give it: Morrison JA, McMurdo JA, Bradley J.

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined (QCA)

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