Haines v R; Brown v R [2023] NSWCCA 108

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Haines v R; Brown v R [2023] NSWCCA 108 Hearing dates: 6 March 2023 Date of orders: 17 May 2023 Decision date: 17 May 2023 Before: Ward P; Walton J; Davies J Decision: Application by Brown 1. Leave to appeal be granted. 2. Appeal dismissed. Application by Haines 1. Leave to appeal refused. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against decision to refuse discharge of whole jury – Where individual juror discharged for misconduct at the commencement of the trial and applicants ultimately convicted by a jury of eleven CRIME – Appeals – From jury verdict – Misdirection or nondirection regarding CCTV evidence relating to identification Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6B Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 116, 165, 152, Pt 3.9 Jury Act 1977 (NSW), ss 19, 22, 53B, Pt 7A Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021 (NSW), r 4.15 Cases Cited: ARS v R [2011] NSWCCA 266 Bulejcik v The Queen (1995-96) 185 CLR 375; [1996] HCA 50 Clark v R [2010] NSWCCA 94 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427; [1996] HCA 22 Domican v The Queen (1992) 173 CLR 555; [1992] HCA 13 Farrell v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 286; [1998] HCA 50 Filippou v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 GAR v R (No 2) [2010] NSWCCA 164 Haile v R [2022] NSWCCA 71 Hamide v R (2019) 101 NSWLR 455; [2019] NSWCCA 219 Hamilton v R [2020] NSWCCA 80 Kalbasi v Western Australia (2018) 264 CLR 62; [2018] HCA 7 Longman v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 79; [1989] HCA 60 Medich v R [2021] NSWCCA 36; (2021) 390 ALR 398 Mikael v R [2015] NSWCCA 294 Mortimer v R [2021] NSWCCA 47 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297; [1999] HCA 37 Phan v R [2018] NSWCCA 225 Pratten v R [2021] NSWCCA 251 R v Baartman [2000] NSWCCA 298 R v Fowler [2003] NSWCCA 321; (2003) 151 A Crim R 166 R v Hunt [2003] NSWCCA 301 R v Papanicolaou (No 5) [2022] NSWSC 28 R v Sharpe (No 3) [2021] NSWSC 33 R v We (No 6) [2019] NSWSC 930 R v Wilson (2005) 62 NSWLR 346; [2005] NSWCCA 20 R v Wu (1998) 103 A Crim R 416 Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573; [1990] HCA 56 Singh v DPP (NSW) [2006] NSWCCA 333; (2006) 164 A Crim R 284 TO v R [2017] NSWCCA 12; (2017) 265 A Crim R 191 Trieu v R [2012] NSWCCA 169 Watson v R [2022] NSWCCA 208 Weiss v The Queen (2005) 224 CLR 300; [2005] HCA 81 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Aaron Brown (Applicant) Tony Williams Haines (Applicant) The King (Crown) Representation: Counsel: G Wendler with M Juhasz (Applicants) E Balodis (Crown)