Hewitt v R [2021] NSWCCA 227

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hewitt v R [2021] NSWCCA 227 Hearing dates: 23 August 2021 Date of orders: 24 September 2021 Decision date: 24 September 2021 Before: Payne JA at [1]; Garling J at [82]; Wright J at [83] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal on ground 1 refused under r 4.15 of the Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021; (2) Leave to appeal on ground 2 granted under r 4.15 of the Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021; (3) Appeal allowed; (4) The applicant's conviction on count 2 in the indictment is quashed; (5) The proceedings are remitted to the District Court arraignment list at Gosford on 30 September 2021. Catchwords: CRIME — appeals — appeal against conviction — miscarriage of justice — whether trial judge failed to put defence case fairly before the jury CRIME — appeals — appeal against conviction — miscarriage of justice — whether trial judge failed to give the jury a full Liberato direction Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 61I, 61L, 578A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5(1)(b), 6(1) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 161 Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021, r 4.15 Cases Cited: ARS v R [2011] NSWCCA 266 BRS v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 275; [1997] HCA 47 Burns v The Queen (1975) 132 CLR 258; [1975] HCA 21 Castle v The Queen (2016) 259 CLR 449; [2016] HCA 46 Cotic v The Queen [2000] WASCA 414; (2000) 118 A Crim R 393 De Silva v The Queen (2019) 268 CLR 57; [2019] HCA 48 Dixon v R [2017] NSWCCA 299 Domican v The Queen (1992) 173 CLR 555; [1992] HCA 13 Flood-Smith v R [2018] NSWCCA 103 Greenhalgh v R [2017] NSWCCA 94 Hargraves v The Queen (2011) 245 CLR 257; [2011] HCA 44 Kalbasi v Western Australia (2018) 264 CLR 62; [2018] HCA 7 Liberato v The Queen (1985) 159 CLR 507; [1985] HCA 66 Magill v The Queen (2013) 42 VR 616; [2013] VSCA 259 McKey v R [2012] NSWCCA 1; (2012) 219 A Crim R 227 OKS v Western Australia (2019) 265 CLR 268; [2019] HCA 10 R v Baker [2001] QCA 326 R v D'Orta‐Ekenaike [1998] 2 VR 140; (1997) 99 A Crim R 454 R v Davis [1999] NSWCCA 15 R v Eastman (No 50) [2018] ACTSC 321 R v Green (2002) 4 VR 471; [2002] VSCA 34 R v Koeleman (2000) 2 VR 20; [2000] VSCA 141 R v Perera [1986] 1 Qd R 211 R v Russo (No 2) [2006] VSCA 297 R v Schaeffer (2005) 13 VR 337; [2005] VSCA 306 R v Williams [1999] NSWCCA 9; (1999) 104 A Crim R 260 RPS v The Queen (2000) 199 CLR 620; [2000] HCA 3 The Queen v Dookheea (2017) 262 CLR 402; [2017] HCA 36 The Queen v Getachew (2012) 248 CLR 22; [2012] HCA 10 Texts Cited: Judicial Commission of New South Wales, Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mitchell Lenox Hewitt (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R Pontello SC with M Smith (Applicant) M Millward (Crown)