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R v Dendle[2020] QCA 160

CITATION: R v Dendle [2020] QCA 160
JUDGE(S): Sofronoff P
DELIVERED ON: 07 August 2020
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    R v Dendle

  • Shortened Case Name:

    R v Dendle

  • MNC:

    [2020] QCA 160

  • Court:

    QCA

  • Judge(s):

    Sofronoff P

  • Date:

    07 Aug 2020

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary Judgment[2018] QDCPR 1626 Apr 2018Pre-trial application for exclusion of recorded statements against interest; field tape excluded as police failed to clarify whether accused wished to contact lawyer; electronic record of interview not excluded in exercise of public policy discretion despite extension of time for questioning being obtained without accused having opportunity to make submissions: Clare SC DCJ.
Primary JudgmentDC1333/16 (No citation)04 May 2018Date of conviction after trial by jury of three counts of indecent treatment and two counts of rape of a 13-year-old child.
Primary JudgmentDC1333/16 (No citation)04 May 2018Date of imposition of head sentence of 12 years' imprisonment with a serious violent offence declaration (Rafter SC DCJ).
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2019] QCA 19424 Sep 2019Appeal against convictions dismissed; s 93A statement, admitted under EA s 93B on rape charges and by operation of EA s 21AF and JA ss 110A-111 on indecent treatment counts and not excluded, not wrongly received; contention that jury's verdicts unsafe rejected; no substance in complaints as to disclosure and competence of representation; no error in [2018] QDCPR 16. Leave to appeal against sentence refused; sentence not manifestly excessive: Fraser JA, Philippides JA, Lyons SJA.
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2020] QCA 16007 Aug 2020Application for extension of time to appeal against convictions refused; rights of appeal exhausted by [2019] QCA 194; adequacy of reasons for court’s rejection of unsafe verdict ground irrelevant: Sofronoff P.
Special Leave Refused (HCA)[2022] HCASL 10809 Jun 2022Application for special leave to appeal refused: Gordon and Steward JJ.

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined - Special Leave Refused (HCA)

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