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Case Bank

The table below lists selected decisions relevant to criminal law and procedure in Queensland, with links to full judgments (JADE, SCLQ).

Criminal Law:

CASE CITATIONFOCUS AREAS
Abbott v Commissioner of Police [2016] QSC 95Extradition, warrant, abuse of process.
Ackland v Director of Public Prosecutions (Qld)
[2017] QCA 75		Bail, DV, assault occasioning bodily harm s 339(1), choking, strangling s 351(a).1
Airedale National Health Service Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789Death definition, PVS, cease medical treatment.
AJM v Commissioner of Police [2019] QDC 25Child under 12 left unattended s 364A.2
Alexander v The Queen (1981) 145 CLR 395Identification evidence, eyewitness testimony.
Baker v The Queen [2012] 245 CLR 632Hearsay evidence, admissions, co-defendant.
Banks v Commissioner of Police [2018] QDC 232Unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon
(whether a fishing knife is a weapon).3
Bee v The King [2023] QCA 261Alleged admission, truthfulness, jury direction.
Bratty v AG Northern Ireland [1963] AC 386Automatism defence, automatism vs insanity.
Braysich v R (2011) 243 CLR 451Dishonesty offence, reverse/evidentiary onus.
Brightwater Care Group v Rossiter [2009] WASC 229Medical, competent adult, treatment refusal.
Burns v The Queen (1975) 132 CLR 258Confession, jury instruction.
Campbell v The Queen (1980) 2 A Crim R 157Causation, jury direction, unlawful striking s 317A.
Callaghan v The Queen (1952) 87 CLR 115Duty of care, manslaughter by criminal negligence.
Carter v Attorney-General [2014] 1 Qd R 111Murder s 302(1), aiding suicide s 311.4
Dawson v Commissioner of Police [2015] QDC 295Magistrate bias, extraordinary emergencies s 25.5
De Gruchy v The Queen (2002) 211 CLR 85Circumstantial evidence, motive, jury directions.
Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292Fair trial, right to legal representation.
DPP v Majewski [1977] AC 44Intoxication defence, specific intent, basic intent.
Flaherty v Petersen [2018] QDC 21Confession/admission, failure to warn.
George v Rockett (1990) 170 CLR 104Warrant, reasonable suspicion, reasonable belief.
Grajewski v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2019] HCA 8Wilful damage, alteration to physical integrity of the property, even if only temporarily.6
Harvey v Queensland Police Service & Director of
Public Prosecutions (Queensland) [2019] QCA 5		Assault, attempted or threatened application of force.
Harvey v Commissioner of Police [2017] QDC 150Breach of bail, extraordinary emergencies s 25.7
HKY v Queensland Police Service [2019] QDC 218Assault occasioning bodily harm s 339.8
Horan v Ferguson [1995] 2 Qd R 490Sexual assault s 352, consent.9
Houghton v the Queen [2004] WASC 20Transmit serious disease s 317(b), HIV, intent.10
Hyam v DPP [1975] AC 55Murder, motive, malice, intent to kill.
Isitt v The Commissioner of Police [2016] QDC 308Assault s 245, intention to apply force.11
Kaporonovski v The Queen (1973) 133 CLR 209Accident s 23, grievous bodily harm s 320.12
Krakouer v Western Australia [2006] WASC 81Homicide, factual causation, legal causation.
Leyden v Venkat [2015] QDC 028Mistake of law, mistake of fact s 24.13
Masciantonio v The Queen (1995) 183 CLR 58Doctrine of provocation, partial defence to murder.
Marshall v QPS [2015] QDC 261Assault defence, right of way or easement s 279.14
Murray v The Queen (2002) 211 CLR 193Homicide, shooting, willed act, accident s 23.15
Patel v The Queen [2012] HCA 29Manslaughter by criminal negligence, injustice.
Peters v The Queen (1998) 192 CLR 493Conspiracy to defraud, dishonesty meaning.16
Pickering v The Queen (2017) 260 CLR 157Justification of compulsion s 31, manslaughter.17
Pora v The Queen [2015] UKPC 9Confession, reliability, neurological function.
Prior v Queensland Police Service [2016] QDC 143Burglary s 419, construction, intent.18
R v Blaue [1975] 3 All ER 446Death causation, refusal of blood transfusion.
R v Burns [2000] QCA 201Torture s 320A, intentional suffering.19
R v Coney (1882) 8 QBD 534Assault, consent, standby, omission.
R v Crabbe (1985) 156 CLR 464Murder by reckless indifference s 302(1)(aa).20
R v Da Costa [2005] QCA 385Unlawful wounding s 323, skin penetration.21
R v Dillon; Ex parte AG (Qld) [2016] 1 Qd R 56Fraud s 408C, dishonestly.22
R v Dookheea [2017] HCA 36Standard of proof, beyond reasonable doubt.
R v Ellison [1993] QCA 205Use of vehicle without consent s 25, passenger.23
R v Falconer (1990) 171 CLR 30Presumption of sanity s 26, insanity s 27, intoxication s 28, voluntariness/automatism s 23.24
R v Ferri [2019] QCA 67Whole police record of admission/confession.
R v Glebow [2002] QCA 442Murder s 302, intent, jury directions.25
R v Hallett (1969) SASR 141Homicide, doctrine of causation, foreseeability.
R v Iby (2005) 63 NSWLR 278Death during childbirth, ‘born alive‘ rule.26
R v Jobling [2011] QCA 31Meaning of incontrovertible verdict, co-offender.27
R v KAK [2020] QDC 244Mental capacity s 29, doli incapax.28
R v Kusu [1981] Qd R 136Self-induced intoxication s 28, burglary s 419.29
R v L [1997] QCA 436Rape s 349.30
R v Lockwood; ex parte AG [1981] Qd R 209Wilful damage s 469, meaning of wilfully.31
R v Macdonald and Macdonald [1904] St R Qd 151Duty to provide necessaries s 285, murder.32
R v Martyr [1962] Qd R 398Accident s 23, ‘eggshell skull‘ rule.33
R v Menniti [1985] 1 Qd R 520Defence, principle offenders s 7(b).34
R v Pagett (1983) 76 Cr App Rep 279Murder, causation, novus actus interveniens.
R v Ping [2006] 2 Qd R 69Torture s 320A, subjective intention.35
R v Reid [2007] 1 Qd R 64Transmit serious disease s 317(b), HIV, intent.36
R v Spies [2018] QCA 36Torture s 320A, no proof of bodily harm.37
R v Steindl [2002] 2 QdR 542Accident s 23(1)(a), medical abnormalities.38
R v Swan (2020) 269 CLR 663Murder, element of causation.
R v Waigana [2012] QSC 202Killing unborn child s 313(2).39
R v Willmot (No 2) [1985] 2 Qd R 413Murder, intention, jury direction intent meaning.
R v Winchester [2014] 1 Qd R 44Sexual assault s 352, consent.40
Rowley v Commissioner of Police [2017] QDC 88Magistrate bias, communication with the prosecution, mistake of fact s 24.41
Royall v The Queen (1991) 172 CLR 378Death causation, sufficient connection.
Rule v Commissioner of Police [2016] QDC 64Weapons possession, whether circumstance of aggravation must be pleaded in charge.42
Stevens v The Queen (2005) 227 CLR 319Murder, manslaughter, accident s 23.43
Stingel v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 312Murder, defence of provocation, heat of passion.
Thabo Meli v The Queen [1954] 1 All ER 373Murder, one transaction principle, mens rea.
Vallance v The Queen (1961) 108 CLR 56Unlawful wounding s 323, intention.44
White v Ridley (1978) 140 CLR 342Doctrine of innocent agency, mens rea.
Williamson v DPP (Qld) [1999] QCA 356Principles of granting bail.45
Williams & Hughes, Re an Application for Bail [2016] QDC 204Guilty plea to serious offences, exceptional circumstances.
Wood v The Queen [2012] NSWCCA 21Fair trial, evidence.
Wright v Queensland Police Service [2002] QSC 46Burden of proof, ‘golden thread‘ principle.
Zaburoni v The Queen (2016) 256 CLR 482Transmit serious disease s 317(b), HIV, intent.46
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Footnotes:

  1. Bail Act 1980 (Qld) ss 8, 16, 46; Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld) ss 315A(1)(a), 339(1). ↩︎
  2. Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld) s 364A (‘Criminal Code‘). ↩︎
  3. Ibid ss 22, 24; Weapons Act 1990 (Qld) s 50(1)(c)(iii). ↩︎
  4. Criminal Code (n 2) ss 302, 311. ↩︎
  5. Ibid s 25. ↩︎
  6. Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 195(1). ↩︎
  7. Criminal Code (n 2) ss 24, 25. ↩︎
  8. Ibid s 339. The prosecution failed to prove that the assault of the complainant caused bodily harm. Definition of “bodily harm”. ↩︎
  9. Criminal Code (n 2) s 652. ↩︎
  10. Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913 (WA) s 317(b). ↩︎
  11. Criminal Code (n 2) s 254. ↩︎
  12. Ibid ss 23, 320. ↩︎
  13. Ibid s 24. ↩︎
  14. Ibid s 279. ↩︎
  15. Ibid s 23(1). ↩︎
  16. Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), ss 86(1)(e), 86A. ↩︎
  17. Criminal Code (n 2) s 31. ↩︎
  18. Ibid s 419. ↩︎
  19. Ibid s 320A. ↩︎
  20. See Criminal Code Act 1983 (NT) s 136; see Criminal Code (n 2) 302(1)(aa). ↩︎
  21. Criminal Code (n 2) s 323. ↩︎
  22. Ibid s 408C. ↩︎
  23. Summary Offences Act 2005 (Qld) s 25. ↩︎
  24. Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913 (WA) ss 23, 26, 27, 28. Sane automatism under s 23; insane automatism under s 27. ↩︎
  25. Criminal Code (n 2) s 302. ↩︎
  26. Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 18(1)(b), s 20, s 52A; Human Tissue Act 1983 (NSW) s 33. ↩︎
  27. Criminal Code (n 2) ss 7(1)(a), 7(1)(c), 7(1)(d). ↩︎
  28. Ibid s 29. ↩︎
  29. Ibid ss 28, 419. ↩︎
  30. Ibid s 349. ↩︎
  31. Ibid s 649. ↩︎
  32. Ibid s 285. ↩︎
  33. Ibid s 23. ↩︎
  34. Ibid s 7(b). ↩︎
  35. Ibid s 320A. ↩︎
  36. Ibid s 317(b). ↩︎
  37. Ibid s 320A. ↩︎
  38. Ibid s 23(1)(a). ↩︎
  39. Ibid s 313(2). ↩︎
  40. Ibid s 352. ↩︎
  41. Ibid s 24. ↩︎
  42. Weapons Act 1990 (Qld) ss 50(1), 51(1); Explosives Act 1999 (Qld) s 34(1). ↩︎
  43. Criminal Code (n 2) ss 23, 24, 25, 289. ↩︎
  44. Ibid s 323. ↩︎
  45. Bail Act 1980 (Qld). ↩︎
  46. Criminal Code (n 2) s 317(b). ↩︎
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