Procedure - Courts and judges generally - Precedents - Decisions of particular courts - State and Territory Supreme Courts - Review of Court's previous decisions - Tasmania - Application for leave to re-argue previous decision of Court of Criminal Appeal (Roughley v R [1995] TASSC 14; (1995) 5 Tas R 8) - Insufficient reasons advanced to warrant grant of leave. Arnol v R [1981] Tas R 157 and Gardenal-Williams v R [1989] TASSC 29; [1989] Tas R 62, applied. (Aust Dig Procedure [64]).
Criminal Law - Evidence - Miscellaneous matters - Hypnotically induced testimony - Admissibility - Test of - No onus to show that the evidence is reliable. Roughley v R [1995] TASSC 14; (1995) 5 Tas R 8, confirmed. R v McFelin [1985] 2 NZLR 650, R v Tillott (1995) 38 NSWLR 1, not followed. (Aust Dig Criminal Law [504]).
Hearing
HOBART, 25 August 1997 (hearing), 26 August 1997 (decision)
