Massie v The Queen

[1999] HCATrans 284

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry
  Melbourne  No M105 of 1998

B e t w e e n -

MICHAEL GERARD MASSIE

Applicant

and

THE QUEEN

Respondent

Application for special leave to appeal

McHUGH J
KIRBY J

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

AT MELBOURNE ON FRIDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 1999, AT 12.17 PM

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McHUGH J:   This case is to be decided without oral argument and the Court is in a position to give judgment in the matter.

We would simply say that, having regard to the way that the defence was conducted at the trial, the error of the trial judge, if it was an error, had no effect on the jury’s verdict.  The application is dismissed.

The Court will now adjourn to reconstitute.

AT 12.18 PM THE MATTER WAS CONCLUDED