South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts288AB—Right to call or give evidence
(1) A person charged
with an offence may, at the conclusion of the evidence for the prosecution,
give or call evidence in his or her defence.
(2) If evidence is to
be given for the defence, the defendant may, before giving or calling the
evidence, address the court outlining the case for the defence.
(3) If there are 2 or
more defendants, an address on behalf of any of those defendants must be given
before evidence is given by or on behalf of that defendant and, if the court
so directs, before evidence is given by or on behalf of any of the defendants.
(4) A defendant may
exercise a right to address the court under this section even though he or she
has already addressed the court to outline issues in contention between the
prosecution and the defence.