R v RUSSO

This matter concerned an appeal against a conviction. The appellant, R Russo, sought to appeal against his conviction on grounds that the verdict was unreasonable or insupportable having regard to the evidence, and that the verdicts were inconsistent. The appeal was heard by the Court of Criminal Appeal of Western Australia, comprising Stanley, Parker and Lovell JJ.

The primary legal issues before the Court were whether the jury's verdict of guilty was so unreasonable or insupportable by the evidence presented at trial that it ought to be set aside, and whether the jury had returned inconsistent verdicts, thereby vitiating the conviction.

Stanley J, with whom Parker and Lovell JJ agreed, dismissed the appeal. While the specific reasoning for dismissing each ground is not detailed in the provided extract, the outcome indicates that the Court found no error in the jury's verdict, either in terms of its evidentiary support or its internal consistency. The Court refused permission to appeal on the first two grounds and dismissed the appeal accordingly.