R v Carberry (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 166

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Carberry (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 166 Hearing dates: 28 February 2023 Date of orders: 28 February 2023 Decision date: 28 February 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hamill J Decision: The tendency evidence to be adduced is admissible. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – evidence – tendency – whether evidence has significant probative value – where accused charged with murder – where accused raised self-defence – evidence of prior violent acts by deceased – tendency asserted in notice to be violent when his goals are frustrated – evidence capable of giving rise to the kind of tendency asserted in the notice – evidence admissible Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 97, 100, 192 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 12 Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions v Dixon (Ruling No 1) [2020] VSC 743 DPP v Wilson (Ruling) [2021] VSC 766 Elomar v R (2004) 316 ALR 206; [2014] NSWCCA 303 Hughes v The Queen (2017) 263 CLR 338; [2017] HCA 20 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300; [2016] HCA 14 Kadir v The Queen (2020) 267 CLR 109; [2020] HCA 1 McPhillamy v The Queen (2018) 92 ALJR 1045; [2018] HCA 52 R v Cakovski [2004] NSWCCA 280; (2004) 149 A Crim R 21 R v Holmes (No 5) [2021] NSWSC 115 The Queen v Bauer (2018) 266 CLR 56; [2018] HCA 40 The Queen v Majak [2022] NTSC 57 TL v The King (2022) 96 ALJR 1072; [2022] HCA 35 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Rex (Crown) Saimone (Simon) Carberry (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: K Ratcliffe (Rex) T D Anderson SC (Carberry)