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R v R [2002] QCA 294
[2002] QCA 294
Court of Appeal (Qld)|2002-08-16|Before: Davies and Williams JJA and Holmes JSeparate, reasons for judgment of each member of the Court, each concurring as to the, orders made
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Court of Appeal (Qld)
Decision date
2002-08-16
Before
Davies and Williams JJA and Holmes JSeparate, reasons for judgment of each member of the Court, each concurring as to the, orders made
Catchwords
- APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – NEW TRIAL – IN GENERAL AND PARTICULAR
- GROUNDS – MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE – PARTICULAR
- GROUNDS –
- VERDICT AGAINST EVIDENCE OR WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE – WHEN NEW TRIAL REFUSED
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Original judgment source is linked above.
Catchwords
APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – NEW TRIAL – IN GENERAL AND PARTICULARGROUNDS – MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE – PARTICULARGROUNDS –VERDICT AGAINST EVIDENCE OR WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE – WHEN NEW TRIAL REFUSED– VERDICT NOT UNREASONABLE –GENERALLY – appellant convictedof two counts of rape of his stepdaughter and acquitted of one count of rape andtwo countsof indecent treatment – where appellant had previouslyconfessed to his church and the police to having sex with the complaninantandlater at trial contradicting those confessions by admitting to committingadultery only in his mind – whether the convictionson the two rapecharges were unsafe and unsatisfactory having regard to the inconsistency withthe verdicts of acquittalAPPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – NEW TRIAL – IN GENERAL AND PARTICULARGROUNDS – MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE – PARTICULARGROUNDS –MISDIRECTION OR NON-DIRECTION – JUDGE’S SUMMING UP - where