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Notable Unreported Decision
Appeal Determined (QCA) Special Leave Granted (HCA)
Pre-trial application for exclusion of forensic pathologist’s opinion that deceased’s death caused by second person rather than by deceased refused; sufficient scientific basis for opinion established: Lyons SJA. As to previous trial, see litigation history of [2019] QCA 289.
Primary Judgment
SC273/17 (No citation)
30 Nov 2020
Convicted of murder after trial before Lyons SJA and jury (sentenced [2020] QSCSR 412); deceased died from stabbing by accused or herself; circumstantial case relied on Edwards lie about deceased’s phone, which was connected with asserted motive; forensic pathologist’s opinion that, particularly in light of number of wounds including rotation of knife, death more likely caused by second person than deceased; deceased had history of mental illness, including suicidality.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2022] QCA 29
08 Mar 2022
Appeal against conviction dismissed; no error in [2020] QSCPR 26 and submission that evidence given at trial constituted personal opinion rejected; number of wounds, rotation of knife, motive and Edwards lie supported verdict and notwithstanding that some evidence arguably pointed to suicide, the lack of direct forensic evidence implicating accused and no evidence of struggle, no significant possibility that innocent person convicted: Mullins JA (McMurdo JA and Brown J agreeing).
Special Leave Granted (HCA)
[2022] HCATrans 201
11 Nov 2022
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Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA) Special Leave Granted (HCA)
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