Eastman, David Harold v The Queen [1997] FCA 548

CATCHWORDS Criminal Law - Practice and Procedure - appeal against conviction - miscarriage of justice - removal of disruptive accused from Court - right of accused to be present at trial - discretion of trial judge to revoke bail - entitlement of jury to have regard to behaviour of accused throughout trial - direction from trial judge Bail - Revocation of during trial Abuse of process - police surveillance of accused - whether surveillance affected capacity of accused to conduct trial Evidence - Admissibility of evidence demonstrating existence of relationship between accused and victim so as to explain act charged Evidence - Whether fresh evidence not available at trial - whether sufficient to justify interference with verdict Evidence - Whether evidence of good character of accused raised at trial - evidence in reply - appropriate use - discretion of Court - direction to jury Evidence - Relevance and public interest immunity - accused denied access to prosecution documents - whether likely to be of assistance in answering prosecution case - whether accused prevented from presenting jury with reasonable hypothesis inconsistent with guilt Evidence - Identification evidence - admissibility - use to which hearsay evidence of non-identification could be put - evidence of voice identification - direction from trial judge - whether adequate - s.60 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) Evidence - Disputed confessions - admissibility of tape recordings - s.84 Evidence Act - transcript - discretion to admit - procedure adopted by trial judge in presenting evidence of recorded material to jury Evidence - Witnesses - cross-examination - need to cross-examine on case on which reliance to be placed - rule in Browne v Dunn - criminal proceedings - parts of defence case not put - application to criminal proceedings - unrepresented accused - consequences of failure to observe rule - inferences to be drawn - appropriate direction Bail Act 1992 (ACT) s 22 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 4, 48, 59, 60, 62, 83, 64, 65, 66, 67, 84, 90, 97, 110, 112, 116, 130, 135, 136, 137, 138, 192 Australian Law Reform Commission Report 26, Vol 1 MJ Beazley, Hearsay and Related Evidence - A New Era? (1995) 18 UNSWLJ 39 Martin v Osborne (1936) 55 CLR 367 Wilson v The Queen (1970) 123 CLR 334 The Queen v Hissey (1973) 6 SASR 280 R v Bond [1906] 2 KB 389 R v Heath [1991] 2 Qd R 182 R v Vernell [1953] VLR 590 R v McHardie and Danielson [1983] 2 NSWLR 733 Attwood v R (1960) 102 CLR 353 Stirland v DPP [1944] AC 315 Hamilton (1993) 68 A Crim R 298 R v Woolcott Forbes (1944) 44 SR(NSW) 333 R v Stalder [1981] 2 NSWLR 9 Crabbe v The Queen (1984) 11 FCR 1 Fuller (1994) 74 A Crim R 415 R v Perrier (No 1) [1991] 1 VR 697 Barca v R (1975) 7 ALR 78 Peacock v R (1911) 13 CLR 619 Alister v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 404 Jarvie v Magistrates' Court of Victoria [1995] 1 VR 84 Cerrah v R (unreported, Victoria Full Court, 6 October 1988) National Employers Mutual General Association Ltd v Waind and Hill [1978] 1 NSWLR 372 In re Van Beelen (1974) 9 SASR 163 Subramaniam v Public Prosecutor [1956] 1 WLR 965 R v Welsh (unreported, NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, 6 November 1996) R v Mrish (unreported, NSW Supreme Court, Hidden J, 4 October 1996) Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Peter Schneidas (No 2) (1981) 4 A Crim R 101 R v Manunta (1989) 54 SASR 17 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 Seymour v Australian Broadcasting Commission (1977) 19 NSWLR 219 R v Hines (1991) 24 NSWLR 737 Howson's Case (1981) 74 Cr App R 172 R v Body (unreported, NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, 24 August 1994) Bulejcik v R (1996) 135 ALR 517 R v Clout (unreported, NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, 1 December 1995) R v Theos (unreported, Victoria Court of Appeal, 26 June 1996) Davies and Cody v The King (1937) 57 CLR 170 Gallagher v The Queen (1986) 160 CLR 392 Mickelberg v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 259 R v O'Neill [1996] 2 Qd R 326 R v Pavic (unreported, Victoria Court of Appeal, 19 December 1996) Butera v Director of Public Prosecutions (Victoria) (1987) 164 CLR 180 R v Menzies [1982] 1 NZLR 40 R v Miladinovic (1992) 107 FLR 241 R v Watts [1992] 1 Qd R 214 Matter No. ACT G66 of 1995 DAVID HAROLD EASTMAN v THE QUEEN von Doussa, O'Loughlin and Cooper JJ Canberra 25 June 1997