On an appeal against conviction on the ground that the verdict is unreasonable and cannot be supported having regard to the evidence, the question is whether it was reasonably open to the jury upon the whole of the evidence to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the guilt of the accused.
Buchanan JJ, Canberra Penfold J, Buchanan J, Canberra Burns J, Canberra Buchanan J
A self-represented appellant's complaints about judicial bias, failure to expose reasoning, and unreasonable verdict were rejected where the trial judge gave clear reasons for accepting prosecution witnesses over the appellant's account, and multiple independent witnesses corroborated the prosecution case.
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