  Index
  Victorian Criminal Proceedings Manual
Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction
Chapter 2 – Commencement of Proceedings
Chapter 3 – Summary Hearings
Chapter 4 – Committal Hearings
Chapter 5 – Trial Procedure
Chapter 6 – Role of the Judge
Chapter 7 – Role of Counsel
Chapter 8 - Contempt of Court
Chapter 9 – The Accused
Chapter 10 – Service of Documents
Chapter 11 – Empanelment and Management of Juries
Chapter 12 - Arraignment
Chapter 13 - Witnesses
Chapter 14 – Open Court Principles and Suppression Orders
Chapter 15 – Abuse of Process and Stays
Chapter 16 – Documentary and Other Evidence
Chapter 17 – Voir Dire
Chapter 18 – Taking Verdicts
Chapter 19 - Post Verdict
  Chapter 20 - Appeals
20.1 - Overview and Availability
20.2 - Appeals From Magistrates’ Court
20.3 - Appeals from Magistrates’ Court to Supreme Court on Question of Law
20.4 - Appeal And Case Stated to the Court of Appeal
20.4.1A - Powers and Procedures
20.4.1 - Appeal Against Conviction
20.4.1.1 - Verdicts that are unreasonable or cannot be supported by the evidence
20.4.1.2 - Inconsistent or Compromise Verdicts
20.4.1.3 - Substantial Miscarriage of Justice
20.4.1.4 - Incompetence of Counsel
20.4.1.5 - Failure to Discharge a Jury
20.4.1.6 - Aggregation of errors
20.4.1.7 - Appeal Against Conviction Following Guilty Plea
20.4.1.8 - Legal Aid and Appeals
20.4.1.9 - Orders on a Successful Appeal
20.4.1.10 - Late Addition of Grounds of Appeal
20.4.1.11 - Second or subsequent appeals against conviction
20.4.2 - Appeal Against Sentence
20.4.3 - Interlocutory Appeals
20.4.4 - Reservation of a Question of Law (Case Stated Procedure)
20.4.5 - Stay of Sentences Under Appeal
20.4.6 - 'Fresh Evidence' and 'New Evidence'
20.4.7 - Video evidence on appeals
20.5 - Petitions for Mercy
20.6 - Judge’s Report
Chapter 21 - Applications to set aside previous acquittals
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