R v Totivan & Dale

Judgment date: 15/08/1996
Court: VSCA
Judge: Phillips CJ, Callaway JA and Smith AJA
Citation: BC9603712;
Catchwords: Criminal law;  Sentencing;  Accessory before the fact to burglary;  Whether sentence manifestly excessive;  

Evidence;  Admissibility;  Accomplices;  Guilty plea of co-accused;  

Criminal law;  Directions to jury;  Lies as evidence of consciousness of guilt;  Jury reliance on lies told by accused as consciousness of guilt;  

Criminal law;  Directions to jury;  Meaning of "recklessly";  Accessory before the fact to recklessly causing injury;