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Potter (A Pseudonym) v. The King

Case No. A24/2025
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

05/09/2024 Supreme Court of South Australia (Court of Appeal: Criminal) (Kourakis CJ, S Doyle and David JJ) 

[2024] SASCA 108

Catchwords

Criminal Law – sexual offences – rape – where complainant wife of accused appellant – whether covert recording of conversation between appellant and complainant admissible under s (1)(d) of the Surveillance Devices Act 2016 (SA)

Case Summary

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SP April 2026 (Adelaide) (34.97 KB)
Documents
09/10/2025 Determination
23/10/2025 Notice of appeal
27/11/2025
Written submissions (Appellant) (506.88 KB)
27/11/2025
Chronology (Appellant) (322.03 KB)
20/01/2026
Written submissions (Respondent) (1.29 MB)
10/02/2026
Reply (Appellant) (387.91 KB)
14/04/2026 Hearing [2026] HCATrans 020 (Full Court, Adelaide) 
(AV Recording will not be published)
14/04/2026
Outline of oral argument (Appellant) (339.09 KB)
14/04/2026
Outline of oral argument (Respondent) (386.19 KB)
05/08/2026 Judgment (Judgment Summary)