Lang v. The Queen
Case No.
B57/2022
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
08/03/2022 Supreme Court of Queensland (Court of Appeal) (McMurdo and Mullins JJA, Brown J)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Unreasonable verdict – Appeal against murder conviction – Where deceased died from knife wound to abdomen – Where hypothesis raised that deceased had committed suicide – Where pathologist expressed opinion that deceased's wound more likely to have been caused by second person than to have been self-inflicted – Whether guilty verdict unreasonable as, on whole of evidence, there reasonable possibility deceased committed suicide – Whether pathologist's opinion inadmissible because not an opinion based on expert knowledge – Lies – Consciousness of guilt – Whether alleged lie capable of overcoming improbabilities in Crown case.
Documents*
11/11/2022 Hearing (SLA, Canberra)
23/11/2022 Notice of appeal
13/01/2023 Written submissions (Appellant)
13/01/2023 Chronology (Appellant)
10/02/2023 Written submissions (Respondent)
03/03/2023 Reply
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