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Byrnes v R
Judgment date: 12/08/1999
Court: HCA
Judge: Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby and Callinan JJ
Citation:
(1999) 15 Leg Rep C1;
(1999) 164 ALR 520;
(1999) 199 CLR 1;
(1999) 73 ALJR 1292;
[1999] HCA 38;
BC9904590;
Catchwords: Constitutional law; Constitution; Right to trial by jury; Effect of Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth);
Criminal law; Appeals; Power of Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal; Appeal against sentence for offences against laws of states;
Courts and judicial system; Jurisdiction; Jurisdiction to hear appeals against sentence; Appeals by Commonwealth DPP;