The case applies the Baden-Clay and Hillier principles to a circumstantial manslaughter case involving joint criminal enterprise, confirming that identification evidence need not be strong in isolation where the totality of circumstantial evidence — including recorded admissions, telephone intercepts, and evidence of motive — supports the verdict. The case also confirms that an objectively rational decision by trial counsel not to call a young accused to give evidence does not give rise to a miscarriage of justice, particularly where the accused's recorded statements would have provided fertile ground for cross-examination.
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