JC v R [2021] NSWCCA 254

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: JC v R [2021] NSWCCA 254 Hearing dates: 9 August 2021 Date of orders: 1 November 2021 Decision date: 01 November 2021 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; R A Hulme J at [74]; Wright J at [75] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – application for leave to appeal against conviction – whether alleged incompetence of defence trial counsel resulted in the applicant not receiving a fair trial – whether defence trial counsel erred in not raising the possibility of concoction with the complainants in cross-examination – defence trial counsel's conduct explicable as a rational forensic decision – applicant not denied a fair trial – no miscarriage of justice CRIME – appeals – application for leave to appeal against conviction – whether the Crown's closing address denied the applicant a fair trial – errors made by the Crown corrected by the trial judge in his summing up – no application by defence trial counsel for discharge of jury or for any further direction to be given – applicant not denied a fair trial – no miscarriage of justice CRIME – appeals – application for leave to appeal against conviction – whether verdicts inconsistent – verdicts able to be reconciled on a logical and reasonable basis – acquittal not attributable only or principally to doubt about the complainant's credibility – verdicts not inconsistent Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 66A, 66C, 61M, 61O Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(b) Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW), r 4 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 97, 101 Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021 (NSW), r 4.15 Cases Cited: Alkhair v R [2016] NSWCCA 4 ARS v R [2011] NSWCCA 266 Bandao v R; Bruce v R [2018] NSWCCA 181 BF v R [2019] NSWCCA 321 Curran v R [2020] NSWCCA 171 DS v R [2021] NSWCCA 52 Dupas v The Queen (2010) 241 CLR 237; [2010] HCA 20 Gilbert v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 414; [2000] HCA 15 Hamilton v R [2020] NSWCCA 80 Holloway v R [2017] NSWCCA 17 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439; [1997] HCA 56 La Rocca v R [2021] NSWCCA 116 Libke v The Queen (2007) 230 CLR 559; [2007] HCA 30 MacKenzie v The Queen (1996) 190 CLR 348; [1996] HCA 35 MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606; [2002] HCA 53 MG v R [2017] NSWCCA 14 Nguyen v R [2017] NSWCCA 145 OKS v Western Australia (2019) 265 CLR 268; [2019] HCA 10 R v Markuleski (2001) 52 NSWLR 82; [2001] NSWCCA 290 R v Niehus [2017] NTSC 82 R v TK (2009) 74 NSWLR 299; [2009] NSWCCA 151 The Queen v Bauer (2018) 266 CLR 56; [2018] HCA 40 Vasilevski v R [2019] NSWCCA 277 Xie v R [2021] NSWCCA 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: JC (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: F Coyne (Applicant) E Balodis (Respondent)