R v Krivosic (No. 5) [2021] NSWSC 1566

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Krivosic (No. 5) [2021] NSWSC 1566 Hearing dates: 15 November 2021 Date of orders: 18 November 2021 Decision date: 03 December 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Johnson J Decision: 1. The evidence of the Accused given on 5 May 2021 in the first trial will be admitted in the Crown case in the second trial. 2. SMS messages contained in MFI6 will be admitted in evidence at the second trial. Catchwords: CRIME – murder trial – Accused gave evidence at earlier trial – jury unable to agree and discharged – Crown tenders at second trial evidence of Accused given at first trial – whether evidence should be admitted in Crown case at second trial – evidence contained "admissions" – whether evidence should be excluded under s.90 Evidence Act 1995 – held evidence admissible and ought not be excluded under s.90 – evidence admitted CRIME – murder trial – Crown tender of SMS messages – evidence admitted in redacted form Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) Evidence Act 2011 (ACT) Cases Cited: Cornwell v The Queen (2007) 231 CLR 260; [2007] HCA 12 Em v The Queen (2007) 232 CLR 67; [2007] HCA 46 Kelly v The Queen (2004) 218 CLR 216; [2004] HCA 12 Nguyen v The Queen (2020) 269 CLR 299; [2020] HCA 23 R v Eastman (No. 15) [2017] ACTSC 143 R v Horton (1998) 45 NSWLR 426 R v JGW [1999] NSWCCA 116 R v Kostaras (No. 2) (2003) 86 SASR 541; [2003] SASC 323 R v Krivosic [2021] NSWSC 506 R v Lang (1965) NSWR 1313 R v Mills (1986) VR 617 R v Rich (Ruling No. 26) [2009] VSC 159 R v Sonnet (No. 2) (2011) 220 A Crim R 199; [2011] VSC 551 R v Sparos [2018] NSWSC 740 R v Ye Zhang [2000] NSWSC 1099 Robinson v R (2006) 162 A Crim R 88; [2006] NSWCCA 192 Stewart v The King (1921) 29 CLR 234; [1921] HCA 17 Texts Cited: --- Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Marko Krivosic (Accused) Representation: Counsel: Ms M England; Mr BG Page (Crown) Mr N Steel (Accused)