Lower Court Judgment
21/05/2019 Supreme Court of Western Australia (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Buss P, Mazza & Beech JJA)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Derivative criminal liability – Where victim killed by stab wound to chest inflicted in course of attack by group of eight males – Where eight males ranged in age from 11 years to 29 years – Where State unable to prove beyond reasonable doubt which of them inflicted fatal stab wound – Where State did not prove that 11 year old had capacity under s 29 of Criminal Code (WA) – Whether appellants could be guilty by operation of ss 7(b), 7(c), or 8 of Criminal Code (WA) of offence founded upon act of 11 year old alleged co-offender when act of that child did not constitute offence because prosecution had not proved that child was criminally responsible for act.
11/09/2019 Determination (SLA, Canberra)
20/09/2019 Notice of appeal
30/10/2019 Written submissions (Appellant - Pickett P45/2019)
30/10/2019 Chronology (Appellant - Pickett P45/2019)
30/10/2019 Written submissions (Appellant - S Mead P46/2019)
30/10/2019 Chronology (Appellant - S Mead P46/2019)
30/10/2019 Written submissions (Appellant - C Mead P47/2019)
30/10/2019 Chronology (Appellant - C Mead P47/2019)
30/10/2019 Written submissions (Appellant - Anthony P48/2019)
30/10/2019 Chronology (Appellant - Anthony P48/2019)
30/10/2019 Written submissions (Appellant - TSM P49/2019)
30/10/2019 Chronology (Appellant - TSM P49/2019)
27/11/2019 Written submissions (Respondent - Pickett P45/2019)
27/11/2019 Written submissions (Respondent - S Mead P46/2019)
27/11/2019 Written submissions (Respondent - C Mead P47/2019)
27/11/2019 Written submissions (Respondent - Anthony P48/2019)
27/11/2019 Written submissions (Respondent - TSM P49/2019)
18/12/2019 Reply (Respondent - Pickett P45/2019)
18/12/2019 Reply (Respondent - S Mead P46/2019)
18/12/2019 Reply (Respondent - C Mead P47/2019)
18/12/2019 Reply (Respondent - Anthony P48/2019)
18/12/2019 Reply (Respondent - TSM P49/2019)
13/03/2020 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
13/03/2020 Outline of oral argument (Appellants)
13/03/2020 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
29/05/2020 Judgment (Judgment summary)