Full Court Minute Books

Case A15/2016

Jakaj v. Director of Public Prosecutions

Case No.

A15/2016

Related matters:

A14/2016 NH v. The Director of Public Prosecutions;

A16/2016 Zefi v. The Director of Public Prosecutions;

A19/2016 Stakaj v. The Director of Public Prosecutions

Case Information

Lower Court Judgment

25/09/2015 Supreme Court of South Australia (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Kourakis CJ, Gray J & Sulan J)

[2015] SASCFC 139

Catchwords

Criminal law – procedure – jury – verdict – alternative verdict – exercise of jurisdiction – whether the Supreme Court of a State has an inherent jurisdiction to set aside perfected orders that there be a conviction or acquittal – whether open to the court to admit evidence of the 12 (former) jurors in relation to whether the jury had determined to return a verdict of not guilty of the charge of murder.

Short Particulars

Documents

11/03/2016 Hearing (SLA, Brisbane)

29/03/2016 Notice of appeal

15/04/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)

15/04/2016 Chronology (Appellant)

27/04/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Melbourne v/link Adelaide)

06/05/2016 Written submissions (Respondent)

20/05/2016 Reply

09/06/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

31/08/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Canberra)

31/08/2016 Judgment (Judgment Summary)