Queensland Judgments
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R v HAD
[2006] QCA 464 (06/0172) Brisb Williams JA Jerrard JA Fryberg J 10/11/2006
Catchwords
CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – PARTICULAR GROUNDS – UNREASONABLE OR INSUPPORTABLE VERDICT – OTHER CASES – where the appellant was convicted after trial on multiple counts of sexual offences against young children including his own daughter – of the 31 counts on which the appellant was convicted, he was sentenced to a total of 13 years imprisonment to be served concurrently – where the appellant contends that the convictions on the two counts of rape were unsafe and unsatisfactory as they were based on uncorroborated evidence – the appellant also contends that his legal representatives did not pursue certain lines of cross-examination of crown witnesses – whether the convictions of rape are unsafe and unsatisfactory – whether the sentence of 13 years imprisonment is manifestly excessive in all the circumstances