Read the full judgment text of CACC 139/2011 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 July 2012.
1. The applicant was unanimously convicted of murder by a jury before Barnes J on 22 March 2011 and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life. He sought leave to appeal the conviction advancing but one ground, that the judge erred in failing to direct the jury that a taunt by the deceased to the applicant was capable of amounting to provocation. On 12 July 2012, we dismissed the application and said we would provide reasons. These are the reasons.