Tag: intent

  • Aiding Death: Criminal Responsibility, Causation, and Consent

    In Carter v Attorney-General (No 2) [2014] 1 Qd R 111, the Court of Appeal examined the issues of whether section 311 (‘aiding suicide’) of the Criminal Code was a complete code, and whether killing with the intention to kill, where the person desired death, is murder?

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  • Unlawfully Transmitting a Serious Disease (HIV): Intent

    In R v Reid [2007] 1 Qd R 64, the appellant appealed their conviction of unlawfully transmitting a serious disease (HIV) with intent to do so, contrary to s 317(b) of the Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld). The appeal focused on the meaning of intent.

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  • Unlawful Killing: Intent to Murder

    In R v Willmot (No 2) [1985] 2 Qd R 41, the Court of Criminal Appeal considered whether the jury were misdirected on the element of intent in a murder conviction under s 302(1) of the Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld).

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  • Grievous Bodily Harm: Defence of Provocation

    In Kaporonovski v The Queen (1973) 133 CLR 209, the High Court upheld the Queensland Criminal Court of Appeal’s decision that the provocation defence under s 269 did not apply to s 320 (grievous bodily harm) of the Criminal Code (Qld).

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