Nguyen v. The Queen
Singh v. The Queen
Case No.
D15/2019 and D16/2019
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment – Nguyen v. The Queen
29/05/2019 Supreme Court of the Northern Territory (Kelly J, Blokland J, Barr J)
Lower Court Judgment – Singh v. The Queen
25/03/2019 Supreme Court of the Northern Territory (Kelly J, Blokland J, Barr J)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Prosecutor’s duties regarding “mixed statement” records of interview containing both inculpatory and exculpatory material – Where Crown chose not to adduce applicant’s record of interview of 8 June 2017 – Whether Crown’s decision not to adduce record of interview deprived applicant of reasonable chance of acquittal – Whether prosecution ordinarily required by duty of fairness to tender “mixed statement” record of interview at trial of accused when it is admissible – Whether prosecution permitted to decline to tender “mixed statement” records of interview for purely tactical reasons.
Documents
16/08/2019 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
30/08/2019 Notice of appeal
04/10/2019 Written submissions (Appellant-Nguyen)
04/10/2019 Chronology (Appellant-Nguyen)
04/10/2019 Written submissions (Appellant-Singh)
04/10/2019 Chronology (Appellant-Singh)
18/10/2019 Written submissions (North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency seeking leave to appear as amicus curiae in Nguyen)
18/10/2019 Written submissions (North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency seeking leave to appear as amicus curiae in Singh)
01/11/2019 Written submissions (Respondent-Singh)
04/11/2019 Written submissions (Respondent-Nguyen)
15/11/2019 Written submissions (Director of Public Prosecutions for the State of Western Australia seeking leave to intervene - Nguyen)
15/11/2019 Written submissions (Director of Public Prosecutions for the State of Western Australia seeking leave to intervene - Singh)
25/11/2019 Reply (Appellant-Nguyen)
25/11/2019 Reply (Appellant-Singh)
17/03/2020 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
17/03/2020 Outline of oral argument (Appellant-Nguyen)
17/03/2020 Outline of oral argument (Appellant-Singh)
17/03/2020 Outline of oral argument (Respondent-Nguyen)
17/03/2020 Outline of oral argument (Respondent-Singh)
30/06/2020 Judgment (Judgment summary) (Nguyen)
05/08/2020 Judgment (Singh)