Dean v R [2022] NSWCCA 122

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dean v R [2022] NSWCCA 122 Hearing dates: 11 May 2022 Date of orders: 15 June 2022 Decision date: 15 June 2022 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Rothman J [46]; Dhanji J at [47] Decision: Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME — appeals — appeal against conviction — whether guilty verdicts unreasonable by reason of inconsistency with not guilty verdict — logical and rational basis for distinction drawn by jury Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 61M(2), 66C(1) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6(1) Cases Cited: BF v R [2019] NSWCCA 321 DS v R [2021] NSWCCA Ganiji v R [2019] NSWCCA 208 Holloway v R [2017] NSWCCA 17 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439; [1997] HCA 56 Libke v The Queen (2007) 230 CLR 559; [2007] HCA 30 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 MA v R [2022] NSWCCA 61 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 Pell v The Queen (2020) 268 CLR 123; [2020] HCA 12 R v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 R v Markuleski (2001) 52 NSWLR 82; [2001] NSWCCA 290 R v TK (2009) 74 NSWLR 299; [2009] NSWCCA 151 Shiv v R [2021] NSWCCA 245 Vasilevski v R [2019] NSWCCA 277 Z (a pseudonym) v R [2022] NSWCCA 8 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Nicholas Leighton Dean (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Hall SC (Applicant) C Curtis (Respondent)