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The King v. Ko

Case No. S172/2025
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

25/08/2025 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Ward P; Yehia J; Weinstein J)

[2025] NSWCCA 129

Catchwords

Direction to jury - importation of border controlled drugs – whether error in conflating direction to jury as to the mental element of intention with direction that the accused ‘nevertheless persistent with that conduct’.

Case Summary

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SP March 2026-2.pdf (62.16 KB)
Documents
04/12/2025 Determination
18/12/2025 Notice of appeal
28/01/2026
Written submissions (Appellant) (508.68 KB)
28/01/2026
Chronology (Appellant) (326.58 KB)
12/02/2026
Written submissions (Respondent) (974.76 KB)
24/02/2026
Reply (Appellant) (414.6 KB)
13/03/2026 Hearing [2026] HCATrans 012 (Full Court, Canberra)
13/03/2026
Outline of oral argument (Appellant) (415.97 KB)
13/03/2026
Outline of oral argument (Respondent) (530.43 KB)
12/08/2026 Judgment (Judgment Summary)
Case recording