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Castle v. The Queen

Case No. A24/2016
Related cases

A26/2016 – Bucca v. The Queen

Case information

Lower Court Judgment

3/12/2015 Supreme Court of South Australia (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Kourakis CJ, Parker & Lovell JJ)

[2015] SASCFC 180

Catchwords

Criminal law – Evidence – Confession and admissions – Application of proviso – Whether possibility jury relied on inadmissible statement made by the co-accused to reject oral evidence could be excluded.

Criminal law – Extended joint enterprise – Application of McAuliffe v The Queen (1995) 183 CLR 108.

Short particulars

Documents

25/05/2016 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne)

06/06/2016 Notice of appeal

29/06/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)

29/06/2016 Chronology (Appellant)

20/07/2016 Written submissions (Respondent)

03/08/2016 Reply

31/08/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)

16/11/2016 Judgment (Judgment summary)