R v Carlson; R v Carlson [2021] NSWDC 612

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Carlson; R v Carlson [2021] NSWDC 612 Hearing dates: 10 November 2021 Date of orders: 15 November 2021 Decision date: 15 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: The prosecution visual identification evidence sought to be led at trial is inadmissible. See [42] & [54] Catchwords: CRIME – Robbery in Company CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Trial - pre-trial application – exclusion of visual identification evidence EVIDENCE — Visual identification evidence - criminal proceedings - unreliability - unfair prejudice – failure to conduct identification parade – was failure reasonable? Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 Law (Enforcement Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 Cases Cited: Alexander v R (1981)145 CLR 395; [1981] HCA 17 [400] DPP v Donald and McEntee [1999] NSWSC 949 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300; [2016] HCA 14 Peterson v The Queen [2014] VSCA 111 Pfennig v the Queen [1995] HCA 7; (1995) 182 CLR 461 R v Bauer (2018) 266 CLR 56; [2018] HCA 40 R v Carusi (1997) 192 A Crim R 52 R v Clarke (1998) 97 A Crim R 414 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Taylor [2008] ACTSC 52 Strauss v Police [2013] 115 SASR 90 The Queen v Dickman (2017) 261 CLR 601; [2017] HCA 14 Texts Cited: Meisner and others, Thirty Years of investigating the own-race bias in memory for faces" (2001) Vol 7 No1 Psychology Public Policy and Law 3-35 Megreya and others, (2011) 64(8) The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 1478-1483 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Craig John Carlson (the accused) Joel Jackson Carlson (the accused) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Solicitors: Mr M Kwan Legal Aid NSW (for Craig Carlson) Mr T McKenzie, Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited (for Joel Carlson) Mr D Coulton (for Director of Public Prosecutions) File Number(s): 2020/00316626 (Craig Carlson) 2020/00316643 (Joel Carlson)