R v Cage; R v Lowcock; R v Stamp (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 221

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cage; R v Lowcock; R v Stamp (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 221 Hearing dates: 06 March 2024 Date of orders: 07 March 2024 Decision date: 07 March 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Yehia J Decision: The jury must be directed that a verdict of not guilty should be returned with respect to count 1 on the indictment, in the case of Mr Stamp. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – murder – extended joint criminal enterprise – directed verdict – whether there is no evidence upon which a jury could convict – circumstantial evidence – whether inferences contented by the Crown are available Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 38 Cases Cited: Attorney-General's Reference (No 1 of 1983) [1983] 2 VR 410 Doney v R (1990) 171 CLR 207; [1990] HCA 51 JMR v R (1991) 57 A Crim R 39 R v Bilick and Starke (1984) 36 SASR 322; 11 A Crim R 452 R v Davis and Quinn (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 1800 R v Kalache [1999] NSWSC 556 R v PL [2012] NSWCCA 31 R v R (1989) 18 NSWLR 74 R v XHR [2012] NSWCCA 247 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Rex (Crown) Elijah Cage (Accused) Max Vincent Lowcock (Accused) Tyson George Stamp (Accused) Representation: Counsel: L Shaw (Crown) A Webb (E Cage) L Rowan (M Lowcock) P Krisenthal (T Stamp)