Queensland Judgments
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R v Hunter
[2003] QCA 384 (03/0067) Brisb Williams JA Muir J Holmes J 5/09/2003
Catchwords
CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – PARTICULAR GROUNDS – MISDIRECTION AND NON-DIRECTION – GENERAL MATTERS – CONSIDERATION OF SUMMING UP AS A WHOLE – where appellant convicted on unlawful wounding and assault occasioning bodily harm – where learned trial judge quoted extensively from the evidence of the witnesses in the course of summing up – where learned trial judge gave directions as to inconsistencies in evidence – whether the summing up was balanced and fairly presented both prosecution and defence cases
CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – PARTICULAR GROUNDS – UNREASONABLE OR INSUPPORTABLE VERDICT – WHERE APPEAL DISMISSED – where appellant raised defences of self-defence and provocation – whether it was unreasonable for the jury to reject these defences