Carbone v R [2020] NSWCCA 318

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Carbone v R [2020] NSWCCA 318 Hearing dates: 13 May 2020 Decision date: 15 December 2020 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1] Button J at [2] Wilson J at [153] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against conviction granted. (2) Appeal upheld. (3) The conviction for murder entered against the applicant is quashed, and a new trial is to be had. (4) The matter is listed in the Arraignments List of the Supreme Court at 10 am on 12 February 2021. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – murder trial – where Crown relied upon joint criminal enterprise – whether directions about mental element for extended joint criminal enterprise were inadequate – whether failure to leave manslaughter on a certain basis led to miscarriage of justice – whether directions about approach by jury to circumstantial case were erroneous – conviction appeal allowed Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6(3) Cases Cited: Burrell v R [2009] NSWCCA 163; (2009) 196 A Crim R 199 Gilbert v The Queen [2000] HCA 15; (2000) 201 CLR 414 Hadchiti v R (2016) NSWLR 671; [2016] NSWCCA 663 Justins v The Queen (2010) 79 NSWLR 544; [2010] NSWCCA 242 McAuliffe v The Queen [1995] HCA 37; (1995) 183 CLR 108 Miller v The Queen; Smith v The Queen; Presley v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA) [2016] HCA 30; (2016) 259 CLR 380 Osland v The Queen [1998] HCA 75; (1998) 197 CLR 316 Shepherd v The Queen [1990] HCA 56; (1990) 170 CLR 573 Stokes and Difford v R (1990) 51 A Crim R 25 R v Davidson [2009] NSWCCA 150; (2009) 75 NSWLR 150 R v Merritt [1999] NSWCCA 29 Restricted Decision [2019] NSWCCA 153 Wilson v The Queen [1992] HCA 31; (1992) 174 CLR 313 Texts Cited: Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW), r 4 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Diego Carbone (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Game SC & R Khalilizadeh (Applicant) F Vetro (Respondent)