R v Cranston (No 19) [2022] NSWSC 1580

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 19) [2022] NSWSC 1580 Hearing dates: 14 October 2022; 17 November 2022 Date of orders: 21 November 2022 Decision date: 21 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Payne JA Decision: See paragraph [26] Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – five co-accused – order of defence closing addresses – where indictment lists co-accused alphabetically – whether addresses should occur in reverse indictment order Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 (UK) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Cranston (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 1104 Fletcher (Public Officer) v Crosbie (1842) 2 M & Rob 417 R v Antill and Brown (1863) 2 SCR (NSW) 50 R v Barber (1844) 1 Car & K 434 R v Kelly [1963] VR 325 R v Meadows [1856] 2 Jur NS 718 R v Orton [1922] VLR 469 R v Qaumi (No 39) [2016] NSWSC 797 R v Richards (1844) 1 Cox 62 R v Webb and Hay (1992) 64 A Crim R 38 Texts Cited: Archbold, Pleading, Evidence and Practice in Criminal Cases United Kingdom, Criminal Law Revision Committee, Fourth Report: Order of Closing Speeches, (September 1963) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Crown Adam Michael Cranston (Accused) Lauren Anne Cranston (Accused) Dev Menon (Accused) Jason Cornell Onley (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)