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RP v. The Queen

Case No. S193/2016

Case information

Lower Court Judgment

26/08/2015 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Johnson J, Davies J, Hamill J)

[2015] NSWCCA 215

Catchwords

Criminal law – Sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years – Where accused was aged between 11 and 13 years – Doli incapax – Whether presumption rebutted – Test for establishing whether doli incapax presumption rebutted.

Short particulars

Documents

21/07/2016 Hearing (SLA, Canberra)

03/08/2016 Notice of appeal

19/08/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)

19/08/2016 Chronology (Appellant)

09/09/2016 Written submissions (Respondent)

15/09/2016 Reply

08/11/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

21/12/2016 Judgment (Judgment summary)