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R v Butler (Rulings 1-10)

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AGLC: R v Butler (Rulings 1-10) [2013] VSC 688
Case: [2013] VSC 688
Decision Date: 13 December 2013

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R v Butler (Rulings 1-10) [2013] VSC 688

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R v Lynn (Rulings 5 & 6) [2024] VSC 375

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Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal , S Eapcr 2024 0030 and Director of Public Prosecutions v Gregory Stuart Lynn [2024] VSCA 62
Citation 1 (Para 3)

…and Ross AJA) (‘ Butler ’); Mocenigo v The Queen [2013] VSCA 321 (Buchanan, Neave and Priest JJA); R v Butler (Rulings 1-10) [2013] VSC 688 (Croucher J); Lane v The Queen (2013) 241 A Crim R 321 (Bathurst CJ, Simpson and Adamson JJ); DPP v Zhuang [2014] VSC 276 (Kaye J); The Queen v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308…
Director of Public Prosecutions Reference No 1 of 2017 [2019] HCA 9
Citation 2 (Para 12)

…rence No 1 of 2017 (2018) 55 VR 551 at 579 [93]‑[94], citing R v Smart [Ruling No 5] [2008] VSC 94 at [13] per Lasry J, R v Butler [Rulings 1‑10] [2013] VSC 688, R v Rapovski [Ruling No 3] [2015] VSC 356 and R v Gant [2016] VSC 662. [19] Director of Public Prosecutions Reference No 1 of 2017 (2018) 55 VR 551 at 5…
Director of Public Prosecutions Reference No 1 of 2017 [2018] VSCA 69
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…ct’[8] and has emphasised that questions of reliability and credibility are for the jury, not the judge.[9] [7] R v Butler [Rulings 1–10] [2013] VSC 688 [165] (‘ Butler ’): see [82]–[83] below. [8] R v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308, 329 [65]. [9] IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300 ; see also DPP v Wearn (a pseudo…
R v Lynn (Rulings 5 & 6) [2024] VSC 375
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…) 34 VR 165 (Maxwell P, Ashley JA & Ross AJA); Mocenigo v The Queen [2013] VSCA 231 (Buchanan, Neave & Priest JJA); R v Butler (Rulings 1‑10) [2013] VSC 688 (Croucher J); Lane v The Queen (2013) 241 A Crim R 321 (Bathurst CJ, Simpson & Adamson JJ); DPP v Zhuang [2014] VSC 276 (Kaye J); The Queen v Baden‑Clay (201…

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Dupas v The Queen [2012] VSCA 328
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…int judgment in Rozenes v Beljajev [1995] 1 VR 533 and to those of Warren CJ, Maxwell P, Nettle, Redlich and Bongiorno JJA in their joint judgment in Dupas v The Queen (2012) 218 A Crim R 507.…
Butler v The Queen [2011] VSCA 417
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…oss AJA upheld a ground complaining it was not open to the jury upon the whole of the evidence to convict Mr Butler of murder. [3] Butler v The Queen [2011] VSCA 417.…
R v Shamouil [2009] NSWSC 24
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…In R v Shamouil (2006) 66 NSWLR 228, the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal rejected the view that a trial judge was required to take into account the reliability and weight of evidence in determining whether it should be excluded under s 137 of the Evidence Act .…
R v Ciantar [2006] VSCA 263
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…that Court that the same behaviour could not amount to consciousness of guilt of murder. He also referred to R v Rice [1996] 2 VR 406 and R v Ciantar (2006) 16 VR 26.…
R v Shamouil [2006] NSWCCA 112
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…In R v Shamouil (2006) 66 NSWLR 228, the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal rejected the view that a trial judge was required to take into account the reliability and weight of evidence in determining whether it should be excluded under s 137 of the Evidence Act .…
Doney v The Queen [1990] HCA 51
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…The parties accepted that relevant test is set out in Doney v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 207 at 214-215:…
Bunning v Cross [1978] HCA 22
Citation 7

…[15] Bunning v Cross (1978) 141 CLR 54.…
Sinclair v The King [1946] HCA 55
Citation 8

…performing. We are, with respect, in general agreement with the view of Carter J on these questions. As Dixon J once said [in Sinclair v The King (1946) 73 CLR 316 at 333]: ... at bottom the choice is between the course of placing before the jury material which bears upon the case, leaving them to judge of its relia…
Pahuja v The Queen [1990] HCATrans 177
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…e Prasad invitation. [21]As to the requirement that a Prasad invitation is to be given only if it can be put “simply and shortly”, see R v Pahuja (1987) 49 SASR 191 at 218 (per Cox J); R v Smart (Ruling No. 5) [2008] VSC 94 (Lasry J) at [4]-[5]; and DPP v Kocoglu [2012] VSC 184 (Kyrou J) at [11]-[14].…
In The Matter Of An Order Nisi To Review A Decision Of The Magistrates Court [2005] ACTSC 50
Citation 10 (Para 1)

…, the jury was given a Prasad invitation.[1] The jury declined to hear the trial further and instead returned a verdict of not guilty. [1] R v Prasad (1979) 23 SASR 161. See also, for example, R v Smart (Ruling No. 5) [2008] VSC 94 (Lasry J); DPP v Kocoglu [2012] VSC 184 (Kyrou J).…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Kocoglu [2012] VSC 184
Citation 11 (Para 1)

…ed a verdict of not guilty. [1] R v Prasad (1979) 23 SASR 161. See also, for example, R v Smart (Ruling No. 5) [2008] VSC 94 (Lasry J); DPP v Kocoglu [2012] VSC 184 (Kyrou J).…
R v Butler [2009] VSC 630
Citation 12 (Para 1)

…jury in Geelong. On 15 December 2009, King J imposed a sentence of 23 years’ imprisonment with a non‑parole period of 20 years.[2] [2] R v Butler [2009] VSC 630.…
R v Smart (Ruling no 5) [2008] VSC 94
Citation 13 (Para 1)

…ar the trial further and instead returned a verdict of not guilty. [1] R v Prasad (1979) 23 SASR 161. See also, for example, R v Smart (Ruling No. 5) [2008] VSC 94 (Lasry J); DPP v Kocoglu [2012] VSC 184 (Kyrou J).…

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