R v Dowden

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal and new trial
  3. › Miscarriage of justice
  4. › Prosecutor's address to jury
  5. › Whether observations about complainant's credibility and distress reversed onus of proof
  6. › Whether jury invited to reason that absence of motive to lie strengthened complainant's credibility
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal and new trial
  3. › Particular grounds of appeal
  4. › Irregularities in relation to jury
  5. › Partiality
  6. › Whether risk that jury became aware accused was in custody
  7. › Whether miscarriage of justice occurred
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal and new trial
  3. › Particular grounds of appeal
  4. › Conduct of defence counsel
  5. › Whether failure to put defendant's case more fully to complainant constituted miscarriage of justice
  6. › Whether defence counsel acted for legitimate forensic reasons
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal and new trial
  3. › Verdict unreasonable or insupportable having regard to evidence
  4. › Rape
  5. › Whether consent
  6. › Whether jury entitled to accept complainant's evidence

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