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Director of Public Prosecutions v TAL[2019] QCA 279

Reported at (2019) 3 QR 1

Director of Public Prosecutions v TAL[2019] QCA 279

Reported at (2019) 3 QR 1
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    Director of Public Prosecutions v TAL

  • Shortened Case Name:

    Director of Public Prosecutions v TAL

  • Reported Citation:

    (2019) 3 QR 1

  • MNC:

    [2019] QCA 279

  • Court:

    QCA

  • Judge(s):

    Sofronoff P, Fraser JA, Morrison JA

  • Date:

    03 Dec 2019

  • Selected for Reporting:

    Editor's Note

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary JudgmentSupreme Court (No citation or file number)-Accused acquitted at trial in 1988 of one count of murder. The sole issue at trial was the identity of the deceased's killer.
QCA Original Jurisdiction[2019] QCA 279 (2019) 3 QR 1; (2019) 280 A Crim R 16003 Dec 2019DPP application pursuant to Code s 678B for order for retrial for murder refused; fresh DNA evidence neither highly probative of identity of killer nor reliable; unnecessary to decide whether proposed retrial in interests of justice: Sofronoff P and Fraser and Morrison JJA.

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