Khoury v R [2024] NSWCCA 19

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Khoury v R [2024] NSWCCA 19 Hearing dates: 14 February 2024 Decision date: 28 February 2024 Before: Adamson JA at [1]; Wright J at [74]; Sweeney J at [75] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME — appeals — appeal against convictions for sexual intercourse without consent — miscarriage of justice — alleged risk of prejudice following exchange between Crown witness and accused in courtroom — whether trial judge's decision not to discharge jury following the exchange resulted in a miscarriage of justice — whether trial judge's direction to jury was sufficient to overcome potential prejudice SENTENCING — appeal against sentence — whether sentencing judge erred in calculation of commencement date of sentence — pre-sentence custody period — discretion of sentencing judge to back-date commencement date of sentence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 61I Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 24, 47 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), ss 3, 306I Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW), s 14 Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (NSW), s 32 Cases Cited: Callaghan v R [2006] NSWCCA 58; (2006) 160 A Crim R 145 Cox v R [2022] NSWCCA 66 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427; [1996] HCA 22 Dries v R [2022] NSWCCA 33 Hamide v R (2019) 101 NSWLR 455; [2019] NSWCCA 219 R v MAK; R v MSK [2006] NSWCCA 381; (2006) 167 A Crim R 159 R v TS [2004] NSWCCA 38; (2004) 144 A Crim R 124 Warwick v R [2016] NSWCCA 183 Watson v R [2022] NSWCCA 208 Zheng v R (2021) 104 NSWLR 668; [2021] NSWCCA 78 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Fouad Khoury (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: K Stares SC (Applicant) B Hatfield SC (Respondent)