Sandy v WA

[2024] WASCA 109

Western Australia Court of Appeal

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal against conviction
3. › Unreasonable verdict
4. › Murder
5. › Whether jury's verdict of guilty of murder was unreasonable or cannot be supported having regard to the evidence
6. › Whether reasonable doubt as to intent to cause bodily injury endangering life
7. › Criminal Code (WA), s 279(1)(b)
1. Criminal Law
2. › Murder
3. › Intent
4. › Intent to cause bodily injury of such a nature as to endanger or be likely to endanger life
5. › Relevance of intoxication to formation of intent
6. › Circumstantial evidence of intent
7. › Criminal Code (WA), s 279(1)(b), s 28(3)

Quick Take

The case illustrates the application of the unreasonable verdict test in a murder case where the defence argued intoxication and disordered thinking negated intent, confirming that evidence of deliberate preparatory conduct (obtaining a weapon) and the nature and location of injuries can support a finding of murderous intent despite intoxication.