Steven Robert Maddison v The Queen

[2014] HCASL 118

Steven Robert Maddison
v
The Queen

[2014] HCASL 118
B11/2014

1. The applicant was charged in the District Court of Queensland on an indictment alleging one count of rape and three counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 who was alleged to be under his care at the time.

2. The prosecution did not proceed on one of the counts of indecent treatment.  The jury at the applicant's trial could not agree on a verdict with respect to the count of rape, found the applicant guilty of one of the remaining counts of indecent treatment and not guilty of the other.

3. The applicant appealed to the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Queensland against his conviction alleging that the verdicts returned by the jury were inconsistent.

4. The Court of Appeal (Muir and Gotterson JJA and Philippides J) dismissed the appeal.  The applicant now seeks special leave to appeal to this Court.  His application is made out of time.

5. Because the applicant is unrepresented, his application falls to be dealt with under r 41.10 of the High Court Rules 2004.

6. There is no reason to doubt the correctness of the decision of the Court of Appeal.  An appeal to this Court would enjoy no prospect of success.

7. Pursuant to r 41.10.5 we direct the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order dismissing the application.

K.M. Hayne
6 August 2014 S.M. Crennan