Taiapa v The Queen

[2009] HCA 53
Judgment date
Case number
B6/2009
Before
French CJ, Heydon, Crennan, Kiefel, Bell JJ
Catchwords

Criminal law – Defences - Compulsion - Applicant convicted of possession of and trafficking in a dangerous drug - Whether Court of Appeal erred in holding that evidence did not disclose a case fit for consideration by jury that there were reasonable grounds for applicant's belief that he was otherwise unable to escape the carrying out of the threat within the meaning of s 31(1)(d) of the Criminal Code (Q).

Words and phrases – "reasonable belief".

Criminal Code (Q) – s 31(1)(d).

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