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Notable Unreported Decision
Appeal Determined (QCA) Special Leave Sought (HCA)
Date of conviction after trial (Porter QC DCJ and jury) of sexual offending against two children; during trial, juror reported feeling intimidated after encountering accused out of court and unknown person reportedly photographed jurors leaving courthouse; trial judge instructed jury; complainants’ evidence cross-admissible; not put to either that accounts had common cause but counsel addressed jury on possibility of collusion.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2022] QCA 17
18 Feb 2022
Appeal against convictions dismissed; combined effect of incidents involving jurors not such as to give rise to reasonable apprehension of bias and hence miscarriage of justice; trial judge’s directions on cross-admissibility of complainants’ evidence, which suggested no alternative explanation for similarity of accounts other than collusion, not inadequate, there being no other alternative explanation arising on the evidence: McMurdo JA (Sofronoff P and Williams J agreeing).
Application for Special Leave (HCA)
File Number: B12/2022
18 Mar 2022
Application for special leave to appeal against [2022] QCA 17 filed.
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA) Special Leave Sought (HCA)
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