R v Georgievski

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal
  3. › Unsafe and unsatisfactory verdict
  4. › Unreasonable verdict
  5. › Whether verdict unreasonable or unsupported having regard to the evidence
  6. › Unreliable identification evidence combined with unreliable accomplice evidence
  7. › Crimes Act 1958 (Vic), s 568(1)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Evidence
  3. › Identification evidence
  4. › Directions to jury
  5. › Whether trial judge adequately isolated and identified weaknesses in identification evidence
  6. › Group identification
  7. › Dock identification from photographs
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Evidence
  3. › Accomplice evidence
  4. › Accomplice warning
  5. › Whether accomplice warning required where witness was particeps criminis in offence charged
  6. › Distinction between 'dangerous witness' direction and accomplice warning
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Evidence
  3. › Silence of accused
  4. › Whether accused's failure to give evidence can render unsafe verdicts more readily acceptable on appeal
  5. › Weissensteiner v R distinguished

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