Victor Daniel Williams Case Study

Victor Daniel Williams was accused of robbing a Victoria pizza parlour in October of 1993. The accused pleaded not guilty of this crime. Williams was of Aboriginal decent, the issue of prejudice became a factor in the case. Due to this, there was inquiry on whether or not he would be able to question the jury, challenge for cause, to make sure that they were impartial about his heritage. In his first trial, Hutchinson J. ruled in favour of the challenge for cause. This allowed two questions to be asked to the jury. For “procedural errors”, the Crown applied for a mistrial. This angered Williams saying the purpose of the mistrial was to underside the challenge for cause. Regardless, the mistrial was granted. When the second trial was put in