R v Pryor [2001] QCA 341

CRIMINAL LAW - APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION - APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL - PARTICULAR GROUNDS - UNREASONABLE OR INSUPPORTABLE VERDICT - whether or not facts establish rape within s 347 Criminal Code as at 18 August 1996 - where appellant unlawfully entered dwelling house of complainant and where complainant mistakenly believed she was having sex with her partner - whether carnal knowledge was "without that person's consent" - whether identity of male relevant to consent

The Criminal Code, Evidence Act and Other Acts Amendment Act 1989, s 31

McConville v Bayley [1914] HCA 14; (1914) 17 CLR 509, considered

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R v Mayers [1872] 12 Cox CC 311, considered

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The Queen v L [1991] HCA 48; (1991) 174 CLR 379, cited

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service for the appellant

Director of Public Prosecutions (Queensland) for the respondent