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R v Roughan [2009] QCA 21
[2009] QCA 21
Court of Appeal (Qld)|2009-02-20|Before: Keane, Muir and Fraser JJA, Separate reasons for, judgment of each member of the Court, each concurring as to the order made
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Court of Appeal (Qld)
Decision date
2009-02-20
Before
Keane, Muir and Fraser JJA, Separate reasons for, judgment of each member of the Court, each concurring as to the order made
Catchwords
- CRIMINAL LAW — APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL — PARTICULAR GROUNDS OF
- APPEAL — MISDIRECTION AND NON-DIRECTION — REVIEW
- OF EVIDENCE —
- where witnesses testified as to appellant's acquiescence to inculpatory
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Catchwords
CRIMINAL LAW — APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL — PARTICULAR GROUNDS OFAPPEAL — MISDIRECTION AND NON-DIRECTION — REVIEWOF EVIDENCE —where witnesses testified as to appellant's acquiescence to inculpatorystatements by others — where appellantasserted that jury direction bytrial judge with respect to that evidence insufficient — where appellantalleged that trialjudge should have given Shepherd direction —whether evidence "indispensable intermediate step" to inference of guilttheretoCRIMINAL LAW — APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL — VERDICT UNREASONABLE ORUNSUPPORTABLE HAVING REGARD TO EVIDENCE — APPEAL DISMISSED— whereappellant alleged evidence of witnesses convicted as accessories after the factunreliable insofar as witnesses receivedreduced sentences forco-operationin prosecution of appellant — whether jury entitled to consider adverseevidence against the appellant