DS v R [2023] NSWCCA 151

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: DS v R [2023] NSWCCA 151 Hearing dates: 24 February 2023 Date of orders: 23 June 2023 Decision date: 23 June 2023 Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL at [1] Yehia J at [2] Weinstein J at [132] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against conviction granted (2) Appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIME — Appeals — Appeal against conviction — Whether the "depraved" nature of some of the counts was so prejudicial as to warrant separate trials — Whether the failure to discharge the jury after the bestiality count was no billed occasioned a miscarriage of justice — Whether the cumulative effect of the way in which the evidence supporting the bestiality count was elicited prevented the jury from impartially considering the evidence on each count separately — Where jury verdicts demonstrated a considered approach to the evidence — No miscarriage of justice Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5(1), 5(1)(b), 6(1) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 33B(1)(a), 59(1), 61I, 61J(1), 344A(1) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), ss 21(2), 21(2)(a), 29, s 29(1), 29(3) Cases Cited: AK v R [2022] NSWCCA 175 Allen v R [2020] NSWCCA 173 BQ v R [2023] NSWCCA 34 Castagna v R [2012] NSWCCA 181 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427; [1996] HCA 22 De Jesus v The Queen [1986] HCA 65; (1986) 61 ALJR 1 DR v R [2019] NSWCCA 320 Francis Travel Marketing Pty Ltd v Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd (1996) 39 NSWLR 160 Hofer v The Queen [2021] HCA 36; (2021) 95 ALJR 937 Khazaal v R [2011] NSWCCA 129 Maric v R (1978) 20 ALR 513; (1978) 52 ALJR 631 Nudd v R [2006] HCA 9; (2006) 80 ALJR 614 Osman v R [2006] NSWCCA 196 R v BD (1997) 94 A Crim R 131 R v Toohey (No 1) [2017] NSWSC 846 R v Verma (1987) 30 A Crim R 441 Roach v R [2019] NSWCCA 160 Sunders v R [2022] NSWCCA 273 Sutton v The Queen (1984) 152 CLR 528; [1984] HCA 5 Tomlinson v R (2022) 107 NSWLR 239; [2022] NSWCCA 16 Weiss v The Queen (2005) 224 CLR 300; [2005] HCA 81 White v R [2022] NSWCCA 241 Zhou v R [2021] NSWCCA 278 Category: Principal judgment Parties: DS (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Moutasallem (Applicant) A Bonnor (Respondent)