R v Cranston (No 13) [2022] NSWSC 661

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 13) [2022] NSWSC 661 Hearing dates: 20 May 2022 Date of orders: 20 May 2022 Decision date: 25 May 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Payne JA Decision: Refuse the application to discharge the jury or to sever Mr Onley from the indictment. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Trial — Jury — Application to discharge jury — where evidence inadvertently adduced — any possible prejudice sufficiently addressed by jury direction CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Trial — Separate trial application — where evidence inadvertently adduced affecting one of five co-accused — any possible prejudice sufficiently addressed by jury direction Legislation Cited: Criminal Code (Cth), ss 11.5, 135.4, 400.3 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), ss 84, 135, 137, 184 Cases Cited: Attorney-General (NSW) v Willessee [1980] 2 NSWLR 143 Cox v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 66 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427; [1996] HCA 22 Dia v R [2014] NSWCCA 9 Dries v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 33 Gilbert v R (2000) 201 CLR 414; [2000] HCA 15 Hinch v Attorney-General (Vic)(1987) 164 CLR 15; [1987] HCA 56 Maxwell v Director of Public Prosecutions [1935] AC 309 Medich v R [2021] NSWCCA 36; (2021) 390 ALR 398 Miller v R [2015] NSWCCA 206; (2015) 252 A Crim R 486 R v Ahola (No 6) [2013] NSWSC 703 R v Cranston (No 9) [2021] NSWSC 1413 R v Qaumi (No 3) [2016] NSWSC 15 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Adam Michael Cranston (Accused) Lauren Anne Cranston (Accused) Jason Cornell Onley (Accused) Dev Menon (Accused) Patrick Willmott (Accused) Representation: Counsel: P McGuire SC with J Paingakulam and C Tran (Crown) J Stratton SC with H Blake (Adam Cranston) TD Anderson SC (Lauren Cranston) P Bruckner (Dev Menon) WR Johnson (Jason Onley) L Brasch (Patrick Willmott)