DL v. The Queen
Case No.
A38/2017
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
10/03/2015 Supreme Court of South Australia (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Kourakis CJ, Blue J, Bampton J)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) s 50 – Where appellant convicted of persistent sexual exploitation of child under s 50 of Act – Where trial judge found appellant sexually assaulted victim “on numerous occasions over a period of some years” – Where Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed appeal – Whether Court of Criminal Appeal erred in failing to find trial judge gave inadequate reasons because failed to identify particular sexual offences separated by at least three days – Whether verdict unsafe, uncertain and/or unreasonable.
Documents
24/10/2017 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne)
07/11/2017 Notice of appeal
28/11/2017 Chronology (Appellant)
04/12/2017 Written submissions - Redacted (Appellant)
19/12/2017 Written submissions (Respondent)
16/01/2018 Reply
15/02/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
15/02/2018 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
15/02/2018 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
20/06/2018 Judgment (Judgment summary)