Haris (a pseudonym) v The King [No 2]

[2024] VSCA 9

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Catchwords

1. Criminal Law
2. › Interlocutory appeal
3. › Permanent stay of proceedings
4. › Abuse of process
5. › Unavailable witnesses
6. › Whether unavailability of deceased witness and absent witness rendered trial necessarily unfair
7. › Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic), ss 295, 296, 300
1. Criminal Law
2. › Interlocutory appeal
3. › Standard of appellate review
4. › Permanent stay application
5. › Whether correctness standard or House v The King discretionary standard applies
6. › GLJ v Trustees of Roman Catholic Church for Diocese of Lismore (2023) 97 ALJR 857 applied
1. Criminal Law
2. › Evidence
3. › Voir dire
4. › Cross-examination of accused
5. › Whether cross-examination about events on night of alleged offending permissible on voir dire
6. › Whether questioning went to relevance of issues on stay application
7. › Evidence Act 2008 (Vic), ss 38, 65, 90, 135, 136, 137
1. Criminal Law
2. › Interlocutory appeal
3. › Second stay application
4. › Whether second application raised different basis from first
5. › Whether primary judge erred in treating issue as already determined

Quick Take

Appellate review of permanent stay decisions in Victoria applies the Warren v Coombes correctness standard following GLJ, not the House v The King discretionary standard, and cross-examination of an accused on a voir dire is governed by relevance to the issues requiring determination on the application.