Sayer-Jones v R [2024] NSWCCA 54

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Sayer-Jones v R [2024] NSWCCA 54 Hearing dates: 6 March 2024 Date of orders: 22 April 2024 Decision date: 22 April 2024 Before: Ward P and Kirk JA at [1]; Garling J at [152] Decision: 1. Time for the filing of the notice of appeal is extended to the date of the filing of the notice of appeal. 2. Leave to appeal is refused. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeals – Interlocutory appeal – By accused against interlocutory judgment made during trial – Appeal made under Criminal Appeal Act s 5 F following conviction – Where accused had agreed to a plea bargain then successfully sought for his conviction to be set aside – Where Crown then brought more serious charges resulting in a conviction – Where primary judge declined to grant a permanent stay on the basis that the proceedings brought the administration of justice into disrepute –Whether the interlocutory decision had merged into the conviction – Whether leave to appeal should be granted – Whether the subsequent proceedings were oppressive Legislation Cited: Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW), s 52 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 192E, 192G, 319 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5F Criminal Procedure Act 1987 (NSW), s 208 Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021 (NSW), r 3.5 Cases Cited: [SJ] v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2019] NSWSC 1615 Adler v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2004] NSWCCA 352 Barac v Director of Public Prosecutions [2007] QCA 112 Beattie v R [2020] NSWCCA 334 Bebbington v The Queen (unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal Western Australia, 11 January 1990) Blacker v Parnell [1978] 1 NSWLR 616 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464; 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[1995] HCA 66 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251; [1994] HCA 42 Strickland (a pseudonym) v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (2018) 266 CLR 325; [2018] HCA 53 Thalari v The Queen (2009) 75 NSWLR 307; [2009] NSWCCA 170 The Queen v Carroll (2002) 213 CLR 635; [2002] HCA 55 The Queen v Latf [1996] 1 All ER 353 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 28 Tonari v The Queen (2013) 237 A Crim R 490; [2013] NSWCCA 232 Victoria International Container Terminal Ltd v Lunt (2021) 271 CLR 132; [2023] HCA 11 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531; [1979] HCA 9 Wishart v Fraser (1941) 64 CLR 470; [1941] HCA 8 Texts Cited: Paul Byrne, Criminal law and justice Plea bargaining (1989) 62 ALJ 799 Category: Principal judgment Parties: [SJ] (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Styles (Respondent)