Profilio v R [2024] NSWCCA 219

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Profilio v R [2024] NSWCCA 219 Hearing dates: 13 November 2024 Date of orders: 2 December 2024 Decision date: 02 December 2024 Before: Bell CJ at [1]; Davies J at [6]; Sweeney J at [7]. Decision: 1. Grant leave under r 4.15 for the applicant to rely on ground 1. 2. Refuse leave under r 4.15 for the applicant to rely on ground 2. 3. Grant leave to appeal on grounds 3 and 4. 4. Allow the appeal on ground 1. 5. Quash the applicant's conviction on count 1. 6. Order that there be a new trial of the applicant on count 1. 7. Set a date for mention in the District Court at Sydney on Friday 13 December 2024. Catchwords: CRIME — Application for leave to appeal against convictions — Unreasonable verdicts — Black direction — Markuleski direction Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Jury Act 1977 (NSW) Cases Cited: AK v R [2022] NSWCCA 175 Black v The Queen (1993) 179 CLR 44; [1993] HCA 71 Haile v R [2022] NSWCCA 71 Hofer v The Queen (2021) 274 CLR 351; [2021] HCA 36 Joyce (a pseudonym) v R (2019) 99 NSWLR 562; [2019] NSWCCA 187 (now known as O'Brien v R) Keen v R [2020] NSWCCA 59 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 Obeid v R [2017] NSWCCA 221 R v Markuleski (2001) 52 NSWLR 82; [2001] NSWCCA 290 Saunders v R [2022] NSWCCA 273 Tomlinson v R [2022] NSWCCA 16 Zhou v R [2021] NSWCCA 278 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Tyson Profilio (Applicant) Rex (Crown) (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Kluss (Applicant) A Bonnor (Respondent)