Hinton v The Queen [2000] FCA 1019

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Hinton v The Queen [2000] FCA 1019

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – competency of notice of appeal – appeal from Supreme Court of Australian Capital Territory – whether verdict of jury constitutes "judgment" – whether conviction not yet recorded constitutes "judgment" – Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 4 and 24(1)(b).

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 4, 24(1)(b) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s 5 Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 567 Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld) s 668D Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) s 352 The Criminal Code (WA) s 688 The Criminal Code Act 1924 (Tas) s 410.

Duff v R (1979) 39 FLR 317 at 324 (28 ALR 663 at 670) Musgrove v McDonald (1906) 3 CLR 132 R v Snow (1915) 20 CLR 315 at 324 Menges v R (1919) 26 CLR 369 at 373 Jenyns v Public Curator (Kew) (1953) 90 CLR 113 at 119 Australian Iron and Steel Ltd v Greenwood (1962) 107 CLR 308 at 318 Riley v Nelson (1965) 119 CLR 131 at 149 Ah Toy v Registrar of Companies (1985) 10 FCR 280 at 285 Re Stubbs (1947) 47 SR (NSW) 329 at 339 S (an infant) v Manchester City Recorder [1969] 3 All ER 1230 at 1246 Attorney-General (NSW) v Dawes [1976] 1 NSWLR 242 at 245 R v Hannan; Ex parte Abbott (1986) 41 NTR 37 at 40-41 Kopuz v District Court of New South Wales (1992) 28 NSWLR 232 Cobiac v Liddy (1969) 119 CLR 257 at 273 R v Tonks & Goss [1963] VR 121 R v Jerome & McMahon [1964] Qd R 595 Griffiths v R (1977) 137 CLR 293 at 301 R v Celep [1998] 4 VR 811 at 813 R v De Marchi [1983] 1 VR 619 Byrnes v R (1999) 164 ALR 520 at 543 GREGORY MARTIN HINTON v THE QUEEN A 27 of 2000

MILES, MADGWICK & WEINBERG JJ 1 AUGUST 2000 CANBERRA

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY A 27 OF 2000

DISTRICT REGISTRY

On Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory