State of New South Wales v Coe (Preliminary) [2023] NSWSC 644

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Coe (Preliminary) [2023] NSWSC 644 Hearing dates: 13 June 2023 Date of orders: 16 June 2023 Decision date: 16 June 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Chen J Decision: (1) An order pursuant to s 7(4) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) ('the Act'): (a) Appointing two qualified psychiatrists and/or registered psychologists (or any combination of two such persons) to conduct separate psychiatric and/or psychological examinations of the defendant and to furnish reports to the Supreme Court on the results of those examinations by a date to be fixed by the Court; and (b) Directing the defendant to attend those examinations. (2) An order: (a) Pursuant to ss 10A and 10C of the Act that the defendant be subject to an interim supervision order for a period of 28 days from 24 June 2023; and (b) Pursuant to s 11 of the Act, directing that the defendant, for the period of the interim supervision order, comply with the conditions as set out in Annexure 'A' to this judgment. (3) Access to the Supreme Court's file in respect of any document shall not be granted to a non-party without the leave of a judge of the Court, and, if any application for access is made by a non-party in respect of any document, the parties are to be notified by the Registrar so as to allow them an opportunity to be heard in relation to the application of access. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDERS – application for interim supervision orders – serious violence offence – interim supervision orders granted Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General for New South Wales v Tillman [2007] NSWCA 119 Cornwall v Attorney General for New South Wales [2007] NSWCA 374 Kamm v State of New South Wales (No 4) (2017) 95 NSWLR 179; [2017] NSWCA 189 Lynn v State of New South Wales (2016) 91 NSWLR 636; [2016] NSWCA 57 State of New South Wales v BG (Preliminary) [2022] NSWSC 1065 State of New South Wales v Delaporte [2022] NSWSC 436 State of New South Wales v Devaney (Preliminary) [2021] NSWSC 1432 State of New South Wales v Dickson (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1116 State of New South Wales v Golding (Preliminary) [2018] NSWSC 1041 State of New South Wales v JC (Preliminary) [2023] NSWSC 31 State of New South Wales v Kaiser [2022] NSWCA 86 State of New South Wales v Shields (Preliminary) [2022] NSWSC 469 State of New South Wales v Sturgeon [2019] NSWSC 559 State of New South Wales v Wilkinson (Preliminary) [2020] NSWSC 1813 Tannous v State of New South Wales (2020) 103 NSWLR 183; [2020] NSWCA 261 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (plaintiff) Andrew Coe (defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Emmett SC with E Lovell-Jones (plaintiff) P Coady with G Marsden (defendant)