Saunders v R [2022] NSWCCA 273

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Saunders v R [2022] NSWCCA 273 Hearing dates: 8 April 2022 Date of orders: 15 December 2022 Decision date: 15 December 2022 Before: Simpson AJA at [1] Hamill J at [113] Ierace J at [133] Decision: (1) Time in which to seek leave to appeal extended to 20 August 2021; (2) Leave granted to appeal against conviction; (3) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME — Appeals — Appeal against conviction — Whether tendency evidence wrongly admitted — Whether primary judge erred in directing the jury that there was evidence of a tendency when the applicant was intoxicated CRIME — Appeals — Appeal against conviction — Unreasonable verdict — Whether the verdict of guilty on one count of sexual intercourse without consent was inconsistent with the verdicts of not guilty on the other two counts of sexual intercourse without consent CRIME — Appeals — Appeal against conviction — Extension of time in which to appeal — where delay is ameliorated to some degree by attempts to locate the primary judge's reasons Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Evidence Amendment (Tendency and Coincidence) Act 2020 (NSW) Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal Rules) 2021 (NSW) Cases Cited: AK v R [2022] NSWCCA 175 Baden-Clay v The Queen (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 Collins v R [2020] NSWCCA 198 Crease v Barrett (1935) 1 Cr M & R 919; 149 ER 1353 Dadley v R [2021] NSWCCA 267 Dansie v The Queen [2022] HCA 25; (2022) 96 ALJR 728 Fallah v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 212 Ganiji v R [2019] NSWCCA 208 Hofer v The Queen [2021] HCA 36; (2021) 95 ALJR 937 Hughes v The Queen (2017) 263 CLR 336; [2017] HCA 20 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300; [2016] HCA 14 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439; [1997] HCA 56 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 McKenzie v The Queen (1996) 190 CLR 348; [1996] HCA 35 McPhillamy v The Queen [2018] HCA 52; (2018) 92 ALJR 1045 MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606; [2002] HCA 53 Norris v The Queen [2007] NSWCCA 235; 176 A Crim R 42 R v Ford [2009] NSWCCA 306; (2009) 201 A Crim R 451 R v Markuleski (2001) 52 NSWLR 82; [2001] NSWCCA 290 R v TK (2009) 74 NSWLR 299; [2009] NSWCCA 151 Taylor v R [2020] NSWCCA 355 The Queen v Dennis Bauer (a pseudonym) (2018) 266 CLR 56; [2018] HCA 40 Tomlinson v R [2022] NSWCCA 16 Weiss v The Queen (2005) 24 CLR 300; [2005] HCA 81 Zhou v R [2021] NSWCCA 278 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kurtis Saunders (aka Hickey) (Applicant) The Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Brock (Applicant) B Hatfield (Crown)