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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)

[2017] NSWCCA 130

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.

Short particulars

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)