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Viro v R
Judgment date: 11/04/1978
Court: HCA
Judge: Barwick CJ, Gibbs, Stephen, Mason, Jacobs, Murphy, Aickin JJ
Citation:
(1978) 141 CLR 88;
(1978) 18 ALR 257;
(1978) 52 ALJR 418;
BC7800022;
Catchwords: Courts and judicial system; Precedent; Privy Council; Binding;
Criminal law; Directions to jury; Manslaughter; Reasonably proportionate force;