The seven-step formulation for directing juries on provocation under s 304 of the Criminal Code 1899 (Qld), as articulated by McMurdo P in R v Pollock [2008] QCA 205, is correct in law. The reference to 'sudden' loss of self-control in the formulation reflects the necessary causal relationship between sudden provocation and the consequential temporary heat of passion, and is not an impermissible additional element. There is no support in Australian jurisprudence for a 'battered child's defence' to murder.
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