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R v Lawton[2021] QCA 272

Reported at (2021) 9 QR 622
CITATION: R v Lawton [2021] QCA 272
JUDGE(S): Morrison JA, Mullins JA, Crow J
DELIVERED ON: 10 December 2021
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    R v Lawton

  • Shortened Case Name:

    R v Lawton

  • Reported Citation:

    (2021) 9 QR 622

  • MNC:

    [2021] QCA 272

  • Court:

    QCA

  • Judge(s):

    Morrison JA, Mullins JA, Crow J

  • Date:

    10 Dec 2021

  • Selected for Reporting:

    Editor's Note

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary JudgmentDC1456/18 (No citation)17 Apr 2019Date of conviction after trial of historical sexual offending against two children (R and J).
Primary JudgmentDC1456/18 (No citation)18 Apr 2019Date of sentence; 5 counts of historical sexual offending (including 4 counts of sodomy) concerning children aged 9 and 11-15 years; sentenced to 7 years and 4 months’ imprisonment (Morzone QC DCJ).
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2021] QCA 272 (2021) 9 QR 62210 Dec 2021Appeal against convictions dismissed; complaint that J counts not severed not made out; jury’s verdicts not unreasonable; accused being limited to listening to prerecording of complainants’ evidence via telephone did not, in the circumstances, constitute a breach of EA s 21A(4). Application for leave to appeal against sentence refused; no error in principle; sentence not manifestly excessive: Morrison JA, Mullins JA, Crow J.

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined (QCA)

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