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The High Court allowed a traffic appeal, quashed convictions for causing death and injury through careless driving, and acquitted the appellant.
The High Court quashed a traffic sentence because the trial court failed to address the accused on special reasons before reducing mandatory licence cancellation.
The High Court quashed convictions for careless driving after finding the guilty pleas equivocal and the licence-cancellation orders procedurally defective.
The appellant was found to have driven on the wrong side of the road, causing the collision; the evidence, including the sketch map and credible prosecution witnesses, established careless driving beyond reasonable doubt. The conviction and sentence were upheld, and the appeal dismissed as lacking merit.
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The High Court allowed a sentence-only appeal, setting aside a six-month prison term for careless driving bodily injury because the statute allowed a fine and no aggravating circumstances justified custody.
There was no direct evidence proving the appellant's carelessness; the evidence suggested the accident may have been caused by the victim's actions. The trial court failed to properly analyze the material facts, leading to a wrongful conviction.
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There was no direct evidence proving the appellant's carelessness; the evidence suggested the appellant was not careless, and the trial court failed to properly analyze material facts.
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The High Court revised a traffic sentence after finding the fine on the first count exceeded the statutory maximum. The fine was reduced and the excess ordered refunded.
The High Court partly allowed a criminal appeal, quashing careless driving but sustaining failure to stop at a railway crossing and reducing sentence.
The conviction was quashed because the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant was driving carelessly or speeding, and the evidence indicated the deceased's own negligence caused the accident.
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