South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts288A—Defence to be invited to outline issues in dispute at conclusion of
opening address for the prosecution
(1) On the trial of an
offence on information, the judge is to invite the defendant, at the
conclusion of the prosecutor's opening address, to address the court to
outline the issues in contention between the prosecution and the defence.
(2) The defendant may
then address the court accordingly or decline the invitation.
(3) If the trial is
before a jury, the invitation to exercise a right under this section must be
made in the absence of the jury and a defendant's failure to exercise a right
that he or she has been invited to exercise under this section is not to be
made the subject of comment by the judge or the prosecutor to the jury.