Futcher v R

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Historical sexual offending
  5. › Forensic disadvantage caused by delay
  6. › Whether delay denied offender a fair trial
  7. › Whether permanent stay should have been granted
  8. › Competing public interest in prosecution of child sexual offences
  9. › Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(b)
  10. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 165B
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Unreasonable verdict
  5. › Whether verdict unreasonable or unsupported by evidence
  6. › Special advantage enjoyed by jury in seeing and hearing witnesses
  7. › Discrepancies in accounts between witnesses
  8. › Whether discrepancies determinative of reasonable doubt
  9. › Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6(1)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Fresh evidence
  5. › Distinction between fresh evidence and new evidence
  6. › Whether documents available at trial constitute fresh evidence
  7. › Whether fresh evidence would have caused jury to entertain reasonable doubt
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Surveillance device evidence
  5. › Whether warrants defective
  6. › Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW), ss 4, 20(1)(a)

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