Ward v The King

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal
  3. › Conviction
  4. › Unreasonable verdict
  5. › Whether jury verdicts unreasonable or cannot be supported having regard to evidence
  6. › Infirmities in complainant's evidence
  7. › Whether key witness's evidence constituted alibi evidence
  8. › Whether witness's evidence so cogent as to engender reasonable doubt
  9. › Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic), s 276(1)(a)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal
  3. › Conviction
  4. › Prosecutor's closing address
  5. › Whether prosecutor invited jury to speculate about matters not in evidence
  6. › Whether prosecutor's remarks created unacceptable risk of substantial miscarriage of justice
  7. › Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic), ss 276(1)(b), 276(1)(c), 276(2)
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Tendency evidence
  3. › Admissibility
  4. › Evidence adduced by accused
  5. › Whether evidence of complainant's childhood tendency to lie had significant probative value
  6. › Whether evidence should be excluded as causing undue waste of time
  7. › Evidence Act 2008 (Vic), ss 97, 135

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