Smith v WA

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal against conviction
  3. › Wrong decision on question of law
  4. › Criminal responsibility
  5. › Section 7(a) Criminal Code (WA)
  6. › Acting in concert
  7. › Whether individual accused's acts must independently be a cause of the victim's act
  8. › Criminal Code (WA), s 7(a)
  9. › Criminal Appeals Act 2004 (WA), s 30(3)(b)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Unlawful killing
  3. › Threats or intimidation causing victim to exit moving vehicle
  4. › Causation
  5. › Whether totality of co-accused's acts or individual accused's acts the relevant causal inquiry
  6. › Criminal Code (WA), ss 272, 280(1)

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