THE STATE v ROY LESLIE BENNET

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether evidence regarding the microwave link at Melfort is relevant and admissible in the prosecution's case","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The State's allegation that the microwave link was a target for attack; the defence's objection to evidence about the link's significance"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the prosecution can call witnesses in any order it chooses","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"The defence's argument that the State was \"putting the cart before the horse\" by calling the witness before establishing the conspiracy"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether evidence about the microwave link is speculative or factual","issue_type":"fact","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"The defence's argument that the evidence is based on speculation; the nature of the charges as conspiracy rather than completed acts"}

Background