R v Al Batat & Ors (No 18) [2020] NSWSC 1259

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 18) [2020] NSWSC 1259 Hearing dates: 15 September 2020 Date of orders: 16 September 2020 Decision date: 16 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: The evidence is admissible in Mr Liu's case but its use will be limited pursuant to s 136 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW). Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - hearsay evidence - whether admission made with authority - co-conspirators rule - section 87 - previous ruling on same evidence in co-accused case - murder - joint criminal enterprise - where co-accused asserts accused was the shooter - shot the wrong guy - where three accused re-enter the premises - whether merely narrative of past events - whether in furtherance of common purpose - objection not taken in 5 week pre-trial hearing - where co-accused made timely and well-articulated objection - accused liable on two legal bases - joint criminal enterprise - principle in the first degree - evidence admissible to prove existence nature and scope of alleged criminal enterprise - evidence not admissible in direct liability case to prove accused the shooter Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995, ss 87, 90, 136 Cases Cited: Ahern v the Queen (1998) 165 CLR 87; [1988] HCA 39 Landini v New South Wales [2007] NSWSC 259 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 1) [2020] NSWSC 967 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 9) [2020] NSWSC 1101 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 10) [2020] NSWSC 1107 R v Dolding (2018) 100 NSWLR 314; [2018] NSWCCA 127 Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 CLR 1; [1961] HCA 22 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Abdallah Hassan Al Batat Ying Cheng Luo Ian Fan Jaiyu Liu Jacob Blake Bayliss Nai An Li Representation: Counsel: P Hogan (Crown) B Rigg SC (Al Batat) R Webb (Luo) T Quilter (Fan) N Carroll (Liu) A Norrie (Bayliss) D Carroll (Li)