State
law references on this site are mainly to Victoria
index
to on-site criminal law notes
Notes 1
Defining a crime: general
principles - Proving a crime: general principles -
Conspiracy - Drugs - Fraud, theft, handling, unlawful
possession, burglary
Notes 2
Homicide - Other non-sexual
offences against the person - Sexual offences
Notes 3
Confessions - Propensity evidence -
Identification - False denials, lies, post offence
conduct, demeanour of accused, betterment - Silence of
accused or selective response - Expert opinion -
Unreliable witness warnings - The prejudice discretion -
The discretion to exclude evidence illegally or unfairly
obtained
Notes 4
Abuse of process - Double jeopardy
and other bars to re-litigation of issues - Duplicity -
Judicially directed acquittal at trial - Mental
impairment and unfitness to be tried - Separate trials of
counts against one accused - Separate trials of one
accused from another
Notes 5 Alibi defence -
Alternative verdicts - Amendment - Attempt - Bail -
Calling of prosecution witnesses - Causation - Change of
plea - Change of venue - Comment prohibited on standing
mute - Committals, presentment for trial - Complicity -
Criminal liability of children - Cross-examination -
Drink driving - Duress and necessity defences -
Extradition - Good character of accused on issue of guilt
- Hearsay - Handwriting - Immunity of advocate in
criminal cases from civil suit - Innocent agency -
Intoxication - Motive to lie - Particulars - Perjury -
Pervert course of justice - Presumption of regularity -
Prior statements of witness - Privilege - Prosecution
disclosure - Relevance - Res Gestae - Territorial and
extra-territorial jurisdiction - Time limitations -
Unrepresented accused - Voir dire - Warrants,
surveillance devices and telephone intercepts - Witnesses
Occupational health & safety law
Victoria
Occ. Health and Safety Act duties -
Principal Victoria ohs regulations - Improvement and
prohibition notices - Compliance Codes and Codes of
Practice - Corporations etc and their officers -
Sentencing for breach of duty offences
Criminal juries Victoria
Source of jury panel - Empanelment
- Empanelment to retirement - Discharge without verdict -
During retirement - Verdict or disagreement - After
verdict or disagreement
Sentencing law Victoria
Main sentencing options -
Sentencing facts and matters - Submissions as to
appropriate sentence - Sentencing purposes - Sentencing
factors which a court must regard - Principles of
proportionality, totality and parity - Instinctive
synthesis - Further Notes