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Application by various media organisations for access to certain photographic exhibits granted in respect of those upon which witnesses were questioned in the course of committal proceedings: Butler CM.
Primary Judgment
[2013] QSC 351 [2013] QSCPR 4
19 Dec 2013
Pre-trial ruling that accused and deceased’s family counsellor compellable to give evidence at pre-trial hearing. Section 10E of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) does not govern admissibility of evidence in criminal proceedings; if public interest privilege exists, balance favoured counsellor being compellable: Douglas J.
Primary Judgment
[2014] QSC 156
28 Feb 2014
Application for exclusion of certain evidence of forensic pathologist as to cause of death granted in part; application for exclusion of expert evidence as to scratch marks on accused’s face refused: Applegarth J.
Primary Judgment
[2014] QSC 154
09 Jul 2014
Trial judge's summing up to jury: Byrne SJA.
Primary Judgment
SC467/13 (No citation)
15 Jul 2014
Date of conviction of murder.
Primary Judgment
[2014] QSC 155
15 Jul 2014
Date of sentence of life imprisonment: Byrne SJA.
QCA Interlocutory Judgment
[2016] QCA 1
08 Jan 2016
Submissions as to sentence to be filed and served if and after High Court dismisses Crown’s appeal against [2015] QCA 265: Holmes CJ.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2015] QCA 265
08 Dec 2015
Appeal against conviction allowed; conviction quashed; verdict of guilty of manslaughter substituted; parties to file and serve submissions as to sentence. The jury's verdict was unreasonable; the Crown could not exclude the reasonable hypothesis consistent with innocence of murder that, in the course of a physical altercation, the appellant had unintentionally killed the deceased: Holmes CJ, Fraser and Gotterson JJA.
Special Leave Granted (HCA)
[2016] HCATrans 110
12 May 2016
Application by Crown for special leave to appeal against [2015] QCA 265 granted: Bell and Gageler JJ.
HCA Transcript
[2016] HCATrans 166
26 Jul 2016
Appeal heard and decision reserved: French CJ, Kiefel, Bell, Keane and Gordon JJ.
HCA Judgment
[2016] HCA 35; (2016) 258 CLR 308
31 Aug 2016
Crown’s appeal allowed; verdict of guilty of murder restored. The jury’s verdict was not unreasonable; the hypothesis identified by the Court of Appeal did not arise on the evidence; it was inconsistent with the accused’s evidence at trial and the way in which his defence was conducted: French CJ, Kiefel, Bell, Keane and Gordon JJ.
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA) - Appeal Determined (HCA)
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