The Queen v. Abdirahman-Khalif
Case No.
A5/2020
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
31/10/2019 Supreme Court of South Australia (Kourakis CJ, Kelly and Parker JJ)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Terrorism – Where respondent charged with offence of membership of terrorist organisation contrary to s 102.3(1) of Criminal Code (Cth) – Where respondent convicted at trial – Where respondent successfully appealed against conviction – Whether prosecution must adduce evidence of terrorist organisation’s admission practices in order to prove that accused person has taken steps to become member of that organisation – Whether majority of CCA erred in construing “organisation” for purposes of Div 102 of Criminal Code (Cth).
Documents
20/03/2020 Hearing (SLA, Canberra v/link Adelaide)
03/04/2020 Notice of appeal
13/05/2020 Amended Written submissions (Appellant)
08/05/2020 Chronology (Appellant)
05/06/2020 Written submissions (Respondent)
26/06/2020 Reply
25/08/2020 Hearing (Single Justice, Melbourne)
28/08/2020 Hearing (Single Justice, Melbourne)
03/09/2020 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)
03/09/2020 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
03/09/2020 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
14/10/2020 Judgment (Judgment summary)