HAMEED (a pseudonym) v THE KING

80 VR 131·Emerton P, Walker, Orr, Kidd JJA and Croucher AJA
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HAMEED (a pseudonym) v THE KING Court of AppealEmerton P, Walker, Orr, Kidd JJA and Croucher AJA 8 December 2025, 25 March 2026[2026] VSCA 48Criminal law — Interlocutory appeal — Application for review of refusal of trial judge to certify interlocutory decision — Evidence — Admissibility — Complainant’s sexual history — Trial judge excluded evidence — Refusal to certify interlocutory decision — Whether error in refusal — Whether admissibility of complainant’s sexual history evidence matter which ‘concerns the admissibility of evidence’ — Whether such evidence, if ruled inadmissible, ‘would eliminate or substantially weaken the prosecution case’ — Whether error in refusal to certify — Whether application for leave to appeal competent — Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic), ss 295, 296, 297, 342, 349.

Section 295 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic) (CPA) gave a right of appeal against an interlocutory decision to a party to a proceeding in the County Court or the Supreme Court for the prosecution of an indictable offence, subject to leave from the Court of Appeal.

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