R v Nehme; R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Rizk; R v Taufahema [2023] NSWSC 1656

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Nehme; R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Rizk; R v Taufahema [2023] NSWSC 1656 Hearing dates: 24 October 2023 Date of orders: 24 October 2023 Decision date: 24 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McNaughton J Decision: In relation to the accused Rahim, the Court makes the following order: (1) The accused Rahim's previous plea of guilty to the s 97 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) offence is not admissible Catchwords: CRIME – murder – joint criminal enterprise – where accused is seeking a ruling to exclude evidence of a previous plea of guilty – where previous plea of guilty entered when the indictment was in a different form – risk of unfairness if evidence of the plea of guilty adduced at this trial – danger of unfair prejudice outweighs the probative value – evidence not admissible Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 97, 98 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 90, 137 Cases Cited: Mitchell v The King [2023] HCA 5 R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk [2023] NSWSC 202 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Rex (Crown) Joseph Nehme (Accused) Lisa Anne Price (Accused) Bilal Rahim (Accused) Sherene Rizk (Accused) Viliami Bui Taufahema (Accused) Representation: Counsel: K Ratcliffe (Crown) D Dalton SC / T Weller-Wong (Joseph Nehme) T Quilter (Lisa Anne Price) B Neild SC (Bilal Rahim) N Carroll (Sherene Rizk) A Evers (Viliami Bui Taufahema)