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[Full-text PDF] R v Temple [2007] QCA 067 (06/0318) Brisb Williams JA Jerrard JA Holmes JA 9/03/2007

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CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – PARTICULAR GROUNDS – UNREASONABLE OR INSUPPORTABLE VERDICT – the appellant was charged with six counts of arson – the fires appeared to be related – the case against the accused was circumstantial – a jury convicted the appellant on count six but acquitted on counts one to five – whether the verdict of guilty on count six was unreasonable given the acquittals on counts one to five – whether the finding of the jury should be interfered with