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Ryan v The Queen (abbreviated to Ryan v R) is a seminal case in Australian criminal law. The case is an application to the High Court of Australia for special leave to appeal a conviction for murder. It is often cited in cases of felony murder (referred to as constructive murder in Australian law) and when the issue of voluntariness is in question.
It was ruled that the jury had been entitled to conclude that the entry had been effective. Furthermore, in R v Ryan (1996) 160 JP 610, the defendant had been found partially within a building, having been trapped by a window, and argued that this was not a sufficient entry. However, he was convicted as it was held that a partial entry was ...
Apart from this, the decision in Ryan brought the statutory and common law versions of the defence of duress into relative harmony. For one, There must have been an implicit or explicit threat of present or future death or bodily harm against accused or a third party that the accused reasonably believed would be carried out.
R v O'Brien 2013 SCC 2 : Offence of uttering threats – Cromwell, Moldaver and Wagner JJ: R v Manning 2013 SCC 1 : Forfeiture orders – Unanimous: R v Ryan 2013 SCC 3 : Criminal defence of duress – – R v Sanichar 2013 SCC 4 : Whether appellate court erred in setting aside convictions and ordering a new trial – – R v Taylor 2013 SCC 10
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R v Dear [1996] is an English criminal law case, dealing with homicide and causation. The court ruled, slightly extending R v Holland , that even if a victim aggravates his wounds sufficiently to cause otherwise avoidable death, the chain of causation is not broken.
The Home Secretary took into account public petitions demanding the murderer be imprisoned for life. He refused to take account of their progress and development during detention. He increased the ‘tariff period’ from 10 to 15 years to delay release, and said they should be dealt with on the same basis as adult offenders, where mandatory ...
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