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Judgment date
Case number
P117/2002
Before
Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords
Criminal Law – Wilful murder – Alternative verdicts of murder and manslaughter available – Directions of trial judge – Whether trial judge reversed onus of proof – Whether trial judge erred in informing the jury about the circumstances in which they could consider alternative verdicts.
The Criminal Code (WA) – ss 277, 278, 279, 280, 595, 689(1).
Juries Act 1957 (WA) – s 41.