QUESTION OF LAW RESERVED ON ACQUITTAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 350(1A) CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT (No 2 of 1993) No. 4152 Judgment No. SCCRM 93/90 Number of pages - 10 Criminal law and procedure - Constitutional law (1993) 61 SASR 1 (1993) 70 A Crim R 323

• 1. Constitutional Law (Cth)
  2. › Section 80
  3. › Right to trial by jury
  4. › Whether reservation of question of law on acquittal by jury infringes s 80
  5. › Whether procedure affects verdict of acquittal
  6. › Constitution, s 80
  7. › Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), s 350(1a)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Practice and procedure
  3. › Case to answer
  4. › Test for determining no case to answer
  5. › Circumstantial evidence
  6. › Whether evidence capable of producing in reasonable mind conclusion of guilt beyond reasonable doubt
  7. › Whether judge's function to choose between inferences open to jury
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Practice and procedure
  3. › Question of law reserved on acquittal
  4. › Jurisdiction of Supreme Court
  5. › Federal offences tried in State courts
  6. › Standing of Commonwealth DPP to seek reservation
  7. › Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 2, 68(2)
  8. › Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), s 350(1a)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Possession of prohibited imports
  3. › Circumstantial case
  4. › Drugs found on premises occupied by accused
  5. › Fingerprints on packaging
  6. › Whether evidence sufficient to constitute case to answer
  7. › Customs Act 1901 (Cth), s 233B(a)(ca)

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