Thompson v R

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Conspiracy to import commercial quantity of cocaine
  5. › Whether miscarriage occasioned by asserted incompetence of legal representatives
  6. › Whether directions to jury on conspiracy adequate
  7. › Whether trial judge erred by admitting tendency evidence of prior drug importation
  8. › Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), ss 11.5, 307.1
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Tendency evidence
  5. › Whether probative value substantially outweighed prejudicial effect
  6. › Whether cross-examination on similarities between prior and current defence constituted coincidence reasoning requiring notice
  7. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 97, 98, 101, 102, 103
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Discharge of jury
  5. › Whether trial judge erred by declining to discharge jury after foreperson inadvertently provided draft submissions on exclusion of evidence
  6. › Whether trial judge erred by declining to discharge jury following closing address of co-accused's counsel
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal
  3. › Appeal against sentence
  4. › Conspiracy to import commercial quantity of border controlled drug
  5. › Life sentence
  6. › Whether finding that applicant was a 'principal' open on the evidence
  7. › Whether weight of imported drug treated as primary sentencing consideration
  8. › Whether prior criminal record used to determine objective seriousness
  9. › Whether life sentence manifestly excessive
  10. › Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), ss 11.5(1), 307.1(1)

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