R v Dalton

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Evidence
  3. › Admissibility
  4. › Co-offender's plea of guilty
  5. › Whether plea of guilty by co-offender admissible at accused's trial as evidence of truth of facts on which plea was based
  6. › Whether trial judge's direction that plea was evidence of co-offender's intention occasioned miscarriage of justice
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Evidence
  3. › Hearsay
  4. › Confession by co-accused or third party
  5. › No exception to hearsay rule making admissible confession by co-accused against accused
  6. › Whether co-offender's formal admission of guilt by plea of guilty admissible at trial of another accused
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal against conviction
  3. › Unreasonable verdict
  4. › Whether verdict unreasonable or unsupported by evidence
  5. › Independent assessment by appellate court
  6. › Criminal Code (Qld), s 7(1)(b), s 7(1)(d)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal against conviction
  3. › Miscarriage of justice
  4. › Late disclosure by prosecution
  5. › Whether late disclosure of psychologist's report concerning Crown witness occasioned miscarriage of justice

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