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IL v. The Queen

Case No. S270/2016

Case information

Lower Court Judgment

8/04/2016 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Simpson JA, R A Hulme J, Bellew J)

[2016] NSWCCA 51

Catchwords

Criminal law – Joint criminal enterprise – Where death caused by ignition of ring burner by deceased – Where evidence showed deceased and appellant had been involved in the production of prohibited drugs – Whether ignition of ring burner within criminal enterprise – Whether act “malicious” as required for constructive or felony murder under Crimes Act 1990 (NSW).

Short particulars

Documents

16/11/2016 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)

29/11/2016 Notice of appeal

21/12/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)

21/12/2016 Chronology (Appellant)

17/02/2017 Amended written submissions (Respondent)

28/02/2017 Reply

04/04/2017 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

09/08/2017 Judgment (Judgment summary)