Collins v. The Queen
Case No.
B68/2017
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
2/06/2017 Supreme Court of Queensland (Court of Appeal) (Gotterson and Morrison JJA and Burns J)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Appeal against conviction – Proviso – Where appellant convicted of three counts of sexual assault and one count of rape – Where trial judge directed jury inconsistency between complainant’s mother’s evidence at committal hearing and trial relevant to mother’s credibility but not complainant’s credibility – Where Court of Appeal found trial judge misdirected jury – Where Crown did not submit proviso should apply – Where Court of Appeal applied proviso and dismissed appeal – Whether Court of Appeal erred in applying proviso.
Documents
17/11/2017 Hearing (SLA, Canberra v/link Brisbane)
29/11/2017 Notice of appeal
11/12/2017 Written submissions (Appellant)
11/12/2017 Chronology (Appellant)
17/01/2018 Written submissions (Respondent)
02/02/2018 Reply
22/03/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
22/03/2018 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
22/03/2018 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
09/05/2018 Judgment (Judgment summary)