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R v Lang[2019] QCA 289

CITATION: R v Lang [2019] QCA 289
JUDGE(S): Gotterson JA, Philippides JA, McMurdo JA
DELIVERED ON: 06 December 2019
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    R v Lang

  • Shortened Case Name:

    R v Lang

  • MNC:

    [2019] QCA 289

  • Court:

    QCA

  • Judge(s):

    Gotterson JA, Philippides JA, McMurdo JA

  • Date:

    06 Dec 2019

  • White Star Case:

    Yes

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary JudgmentSC273/17 (No citation)05 Dec 2017Date of conviction of murder (domestic violence offence); convicted after trial before Flanagan J and jury; deceased’s body found in bed with knife protruding from abdomen; common ground at trial that deceased’s death was caused by accused or result of suicide; defence case was that deceased suicided.
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2019] QCA 28906 Dec 2019Appeal against conviction allowed, conviction quashed, retrial ordered; admission of statistical evidence as to incidence and methods of suicide, together with prosecutor’s reliance upon it, caused miscarriage of justice; no logical way to use evidence to add to Crown case that deceased was murdered; jury might have been persuaded by the evidence; appellant may have been denied acquittal: Gotterson, Philippides and McMurdo JJA. As to retrial, see litigation history of [2020] QSCPR 26.

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined (QCA)

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