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R v Kovacs[2007] QCA 143

CITATION: R v Kovacs [2007] QCA 143
JUDGE(S): McMurdo P, Holmes JA, Jones J
DELIVERED ON: 27 April 2007
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    R v Kovacs

  • Shortened Case Name:

    R v Kovacs

  • MNC:

    [2007] QCA 143

  • Court:

    QCA

  • Judge(s):

    McMurdo P, Holmes JA, Jones J

  • Date:

    27 Apr 2007

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary JudgmentDC357/05 (No Citation)02 Oct 2006Found guilty by a jury of four counts of rape after a trial; sentenced to eight years imprisonment in respect of each conviction.
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2007] QCA 14327 Apr 2007Appeal against conviction allowed and retrial ordered; convicted after trial of four counts of rape; trial judge misdirected the jury in a way relevant both to actual consent and to the possibility that the appellant mistakenly believed that because the complainant accepted money from him she was consenting; denied the appellant procedural fairness at his trial: McMurdo P, Holmes JA and Jones J (Jones J dissenting).

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined (QCA)

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