Michaelides v The Queen

[2013] HCA 9
Judgment date
Case number
B42/2012
Before
French CJ, Crennan J
Catchwords

Criminal law – Appeal – Appeal on ground jury verdict unreasonable or can not be supported having regard to evidence – Application of test in M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 – Whether error for appellate court to ask whether jury "must have had sufficient doubt" about complainant's evidence to warrant acquittal.

Words and phrases – "unreasonable, or can not be supported".

Criminal Code (Q) – s 668E.

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