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R v Butler [2001] QCA 385
[2001] QCA 385
Court of Appeal (Qld)|2001-09-14|Before: Davies and Thomas JJA and Philippides JJudgment of the Court
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Court of Appeal (Qld)
Decision date
2001-09-14
Before
Davies and Thomas JJA and Philippides JJudgment of the Court
Catchwords
- CRIMINAL LAW - PARTICULAR OFFENCES - OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON - HOMICIDE
- - MURDER - GENERALLYCRIMINAL LAW - EVIDENCE - EVIDENTIARY MATTERS
- RELATING TO WITNESSES AND ACCUSED PERSONS - IDENTIFICATION EVIDENCE - OTHER
- CASES -
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Catchwords
CRIMINAL LAW - PARTICULAR OFFENCES - OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON - HOMICIDE- MURDER - GENERALLYCRIMINAL LAW - EVIDENCE - EVIDENTIARY MATTERSRELATING TO WITNESSES AND ACCUSED PERSONS - IDENTIFICATION EVIDENCE - OTHERCASES -where sole evidence against accused, apart from opportunity, was DNAevidence - appellant convicted at trial - whether DNA evidencereliable -whether reasonable possibility that contamination of sample occurred - DNAanalysis of sample occurred over 13 years aftercommission of offence - whetherdegradation of sample was a reasonable possibility - where prior ABO testyielded an inconsistentresult - discussion of expert evidence on DNA and ABOtesting
Judgment (1 paragraphs)
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