Carbone v R (No 2) [2024] NSWCCA 7

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Carbone v R (No 2) [2024] NSWCCA 7 Hearing dates: 18 September 2023 Date of orders: 14 February 2024 Decision date: 14 February 2024 Before: Simpson AJA at [1]; Price J at [91]; Davies J at [92] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal against conviction granted; 2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against conviction – circumstantial evidence – standard of proof of intermediate facts – whether higher standard of proof applies to certain non-indispensable intermediate facts Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 418 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), ss 132, 133 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 53, 184 Cases Cited: Carbone v R [2020] NSWCCA 318 Chamberlain v The Queen (No 2) (1984) 153 CLR 521; [1984] HCA 7 Davidson v R (2009) 75 NSWLR 150; [2009] NSWCCA 150 Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573; [1990] HCA 56 The Queen v Baden-Clay (2006) 258 CLR 308; [2006] HCA 35 The Queen v Hillier (2007) 228 CLR 618; [2007] HCA 13 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Diego Carbone (Applicant) The Crown Representation: Counsel: T Game SC/R McMahon (Applicant) G Newton SC/S Lind (Crown)

Solicitors: Goold Law (Applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2014/255002 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court of NSW Jurisdiction: Criminal Citation: [2021] NSWSC 1552 Date of Decision: 10 December 2021 Before: Garling J File Number(s): 2014/255002