Law Notes Litigation 2 - Evidence Law Notes
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1 The accused in court 1
The accused’s right to silence: s 17; s 20 2
(i) Opening the Defence case – s 159 CPA 2
(ii) Testimonial capacity – allowing the accused to testify (s 17) 2
(iii) If accused chooses to exercise right to silence the judges warnings, s 20, Azzopardi, Weissensteiner, and Jones v Dunkel see notes in directions pages 4
Policy notes 4
Appendix 6
S 17 6
S 20 6
Defence can give an opening statement after prosecution opening on matters disclosed in the prosecutor’s opening address in addition ‘to the matters to be raised by the accused person’: S 159 Criminal Procedure Act (NSW).
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EA Dictionary definition: "associated defendant", in relation to a defendant in a criminal proceeding, means a person against whom a prosecution has been instituted, but not yet completed or terminated, for:
(b) an offence that relates to or is connected with the offence for which the defendant is being prosecuted. 17 Competence and compellability: defendants in criminal proceedings
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Criminal trial and accused
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These are comprehensive yet succinct notes. They set out the relevant legal principles, and material facts from a range of cases in order to demonstrate how those legal principles have been applied.
At the beginning of each document on each topic, there is a table of contents (hyperlinked so you can navigate easily through the document), and also an 'exam checklist', which you can use during revisions or exams to remind yourself of the key issues you have to address. I also use tables where p...
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