HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA
KIEFEL CJ,
BELL, GAGELER, KEANE, NETTLE, GORDON AND EDELMAN JJ
GEORGE PELL
APPLICANT
AND
THE QUEEN
RESPONDENT
Pell v The Queen
[2020] HCA 12
Date of Hearing: 11 & 12 March 2020
Date of Judgment: 7 April 2020
M112/2019
ORDER
- Special leave to appeal granted.
- Appeal treated as instituted and heard instanter and allowed.
- Set aside order 2 of the orders of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria made on 21 August 2019 and, in its place order that:
- the appeal be allowed; and
- the appellant's convictions be quashed and judgments of acquittal be entered in their place.
On appeal from the Supreme Court of Victoria
