Johnson v R [2022] NSWDC 299

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Johnson v R [2022] NSWDC 299 Hearing dates: 21 June 2022 Date of orders: 21 July 2022 Decision date: 21 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Scotting DCJ Decision: (1) Appeal allowed in part. (2) The conviction for sequence 1 and the penalty imposed by the magistrate are set aside. (3) I will hear the parties on the sentence appeal relating to sequence 3. Catchwords: CRIME — Appeals — Appeal against conviction Legislation Cited: Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: AG v Director of Public Prosecutions [2015] NSWCA 218 Barca v The Queen (1975) 133 CLR 82 Charara v R [2006] NSWCCA 244 Gianoutsas v Glykis [2006] NSWCCA 137 Lumney v Director of Public Prosecutions [2021] NSWCA 186 McNab v Director of Public Prosecutions [2021] NSWCA 298 R v Anderson [2002] NSWCCA 141 R v Coe [2002] NSWCCA 385 Sanchez v R (2009) 196 A Crim R 472 The Queen v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Samuel Johnson (Appellant) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) (Prosecutor) Representation: Counsel: J Lang (Appellant)

Solicitors: ODPP (Prosecutor) Payten Ryan Le (Appellant) File Number(s): 2021/121196 2021/116905 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Downing Centre Local Court Jurisdiction: Local Court Date of Decision: 14 February 2022 Before: Magistrate Bartley File Number(s): 21/121196