R v Musa (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 247

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Musa (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 247 Hearing dates: 14 November – 12 December 2022 Decision date: 21 March 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Button J Decision: Jury directed in accordance with narrow understanding of the legal concept of voluntariness Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — murder trial — directions to jury – where accused raises issue as to whether the collision that directly caused death was voluntary - voluntariness as a legal concept – whether the jury should be directed that the collision had to be "deliberate" to be satisfied of the element of voluntariness – discussion of the decision in Ryan v The Queen – voluntariness as part of the actus reas rather than mens rea – jury directed in accordance with narrow interpretation of voluntariness Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Pt 11A Cases Cited: Bratty v Attorney-General (Northern Ireland) [1963] AC 386 Herodotou v R [2018] VSCA 253 Jiminez v R (1992) 173 CLR 572 Murray v R (2002) 211 CLR 193 Penza and Di Maria v R [2013] NSWCCA 21 R v Cottle [1958] NZLR 999 R v Falconer (1990) 171 CLR 30; [1990] HCA 49 R v Hines (No 1) [2014] NSWSC 701 R v Meakin [2019] NSWSC 1311 R v Schaeffer (2005) 13 VR 337; [2005] VSCA 306 R v Venna [1976] QB 421; [1975] 3 All ER 788 R v Whitfield [2002] NSWCCA 501 R v Williamson (1996) 67 SASR 428; (1996) 92 A Crim R 24 R v Winter [2006] VSCA 144 Ryan v The Queen (1967) 121 CLR 205 Ugle v R (2002) 211 CLR 171 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Rex (Crown) Jackline Sabana Musa (Accused) Representation: Counsel: S Hughes (Crown) M Avenell SC with R Khalilizadeh (Accused)