R v Pannett

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal and new trial
  3. › Verdict unreasonable or insupportable having regard to evidence
  4. › Conflicting evidence between prosecution witnesses
  5. › Whether open to jury to accept some evidence and reject other evidence of same witness
  6. › Appeal dismissed
• 1. Traffic Law
  2. › Offences
  3. › Driving in a manner dangerous to escape police pursuit
  4. › Meaning of 'the public'
  5. › Whether pillion passenger is a member of 'the public'
  6. › Whether passengers in or on a motor vehicle on a public highway are within 'the public'
  7. › Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), s 19AC(1)
• 1. Traffic Law
  2. › Offences
  3. › Driving in a manner dangerous to escape police pursuit
  4. › Whether driving was dangerous to the public
  5. › Objective test
  6. › Relevant circumstances including intoxication, capsicum spray, swerving, and collision
  7. › Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), s 19AC(1)
• 1. Traffic Law
  2. › Definitions
  3. › Meaning of 'the public'
  4. › Whether skylarking by driver and passenger excludes passenger from 'the public'
  5. › Distinction between incidents on public roads and private land

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