Jeske v R [2023] NSWDC 565

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jeske v R [2023] NSWDC 565 Hearing dates: 7 December 2023 Date of orders: 14 December 2023 Decision date: 14 December 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See [100] – [102] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeals and reviews – conviction appeal from Local Court – offences of possession of unauthorised pistol, affray and unauthorised possession of ammunition EVIDENCE – criminal offence – burden of proof – exceptions and provisos Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 65(3), 93C(1) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) ss 4A, 7(1), 87(a) Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) s 53 Cases Cited: Colosimo v DPP (NSW) (2005) 64 NSWLR 645 Dowling v Bowie (1952) 86 CLR 136 I v Director of Public Prosecutions [2002] 1 AC 285 R v Raabe (1985) 14 A Crim R 381 R v Scott [2023] NSWDC 271 Vines v Djordjevitch (1955) 91 CLR 512 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Trent Matthew Jeske (Appellant) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) Representation: Mr A Taleb for the Appellant (Solicitor) Mr C Meade for the ODPP (Solicitor) File Number(s): 2021/259598 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Local Court Jurisdiction: Criminal Date of Decision: 5 July 2023 Before: Magistrate D Price File Number(s): 2021/00259598