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HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

GAGELER CJ,

EDELMAN, STEWARD, GLEESON AND JAGOT JJ



HCF
APPELLANT

AND

THE QUEEN
RESPONDENT

HCF v The Queen
[2023] HCA 35
Date of Hearing: 14 April 2023
Date of Judgment: 13 September 2023
B50/2022

ORDER

Appeal dismissed.

On appeal from the Supreme Court of Queensland

Representation

J R Hunter KC with S A Lynch for the appellant (instructed by Legal Aid Queensland)

C W Heaton KC with N W Crane for the respondent (instructed by Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Qld))

Notice: This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.