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R v RUJ[2021] QCA 114

Reported at (2021) 7 QR 765
CITATION: R v RUJ [2021] QCA 114
JUDGE(S): Sofronoff P, McMurdo JA, Mullins JA
DELIVERED ON: 28 May 2021
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    R v RUJ

  • Shortened Case Name:

    R v RUJ

  • Reported Citation:

    (2021) 7 QR 765

  • MNC:

    [2021] QCA 114

  • Court:

    QCA

  • Judge(s):

    Sofronoff P, McMurdo JA, Mullins JA

  • Date:

    28 May 2021

  • Selected for Reporting:

    Editor's Note

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary Judgment[2020] QDC 19819 Aug 2020Convicted after trial (Muir DCJ sitting alone) of rape and attempted rape; Crown case turned on evidence of complainant; accused gave evidence denying offending; trial judge accepted complainant’s evidence and rejected accused’s evidence.
Primary Judgment[2020] QDCSR 110719 Aug 2020Sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment suspended after 20 months for 5 years; single episode of persistent offending involving a period of some time; vulnerable complainant asleep and recovering from heavy intoxication in offender’s home; no relevant criminal history; otherwise good character; mature offender; no remorse demonstrated by way of admissions and guilty pleas (Muir DCJ).
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2021] QCA 114 (2021) 7 QR 76528 May 2021Appeal against convictions dismissed; asserted errors in trial judge’s reasoning rejecting accused’s evidence, which were said to involve misinterpreting some evidence and overlooking other evidence, did not constitute a failure of process of the kind giving rise to a miscarriage of justice. Leave to appeal sentence refused; sentence could well have been lighter but was not so high as to indicate error: McMurdo JA (Sofronoff P and Mullins JA agreeing).

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined (QCA)

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