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AB v The Queen

[1999] HCA 46
Case number
S151/1998
Before
McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Criminal law – Sentence – Principles – Offences not forming the basis of extradition – Extradition law – Confession and non-insistence on rule of speciality – Whether sentencing Court required to have regard to the public interest in the accused's confession and non-insistence on rule of speciality.

Appeal – Sentence for criminal offences – New ground added in appeal to High Court – Ground not expressly taken at first instance or in Court of Criminal Appeal – Whether ground could or should be allowed – Whether materials before lower courts, relevant to ground, sufficiently raised point of law for consideration in High Court.

Extradition Act 1988 (Cth), s 42.

Files
AB v the Queen (S151-1998) [1999] HCA 46.docx (92.12 KB)
AB v the Queen (S151-1998) [1999] HCA 46.pdf (349.6 KB)