McPhillamy v. The Queen
Case No.
S121/2018
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
14/06/2017 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Meagher JA, Harrison J, RA Hulme J)
Catchwords
Evidence – Tendency evidence – Where appellant charged with offences involving child sexual abuse – Where trial judge admitted tendency evidence – Where appellant convicted at trial – Where Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed appeal – Whether majority of Court of Criminal Appeal erred in holding tendency evidence had significant probative value – Whether majority of Court of Criminal Appeal erred in holding probative value of tendency evidence substantially outweighed prejudicial effect.
Documents
20/04/2018 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
03/05/2018 Notice of appeal
08/06/2018 Written submissions (Appellant)
08/06/2018 Chronology (Appellant)
06/07/2018 Written submissions (Respondent)
27/07/2018 Reply
09/08/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
Orders made at the conclusion of the hearing
09/08/2018 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
09/08/2018 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
08/11/2018 Reasons for Judgment (Judgment summary)