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R v Williams[2021] QCA 120

CITATION: R v Williams [2021] QCA 120
JUDGE(S): Sofronoff P, Mullins JA, Ryan J
DELIVERED ON: 01 June 2021
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    R v Williams

  • Shortened Case Name:

    R v Williams

  • MNC:

    [2021] QCA 120

  • Court:

    QCA

  • Judge(s):

    Sofronoff P, Mullins JA, Ryan J

  • Date:

    01 Jun 2021

  • White Star Case:

    Yes

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary JudgmentSC116/19 (No citation)20 Mar 2020Date of conviction of murder, having been found guilty at trial before Lyons SJA and a jury.
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2021] QCA 12001 Jun 2021Appeal against conviction allowed, conviction set aside, retrial ordered; trial judge’s directions wrongly invited jury to consider theory of motive neither advanced by Crown nor open on the evidence; her Honour’s directions also wrongly implied that warnings given concerning identification evidence relied upon to prove guilt applied equally to identification evidence relied upon by defence to raise reasonable doubt: Sofronoff P, Mullins JA, Ryan J.

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined (QCA)

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