Gedeon v R [2009] NSWCCA 278

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Gedeon v R [2009] NSWCCA 278

HEARING DATE(S): 9 November 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 20 November 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Allsop P at 1; Howie J at 1; Hislop J at 1

The orders given on 9 November 2009 were: DECISION: 1. Application for an extension of time in which to apply for leave to appeal be granted and time be extended up to and including 12 October 2009. 2. Application for leave to appeal from orders of Tupman DCJ made on 14 September 2009 refused.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - evidence - notice of motion to exclude evidence relied on by Crown - notice of motion to permanently stay proceedings - admission of illegally obtained evidence under Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 138 discretion and refusal of stay - appeal rights from the decision - Criminal Appeal Act s 5F - interlocutory judgment or order matter of legal form - ruling on the admissibility of evidence not interlocutory - refusal of stay interlocutory - statutory authority to hear s5F application - application for leave to appeal refused - Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) - s 5F

Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED: Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act 1997 (NSW)

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Bozatsis and Spanakakis (1997) 97 A Crim R 296 Dowe and Gedeon v Commissioner of NSW Crime Commission [2007] NSWSC 166; 169 A Crim R 43 Dowe and Gedeon v Commissioner of NSW Crime Commission [2007] NSWCA 296; 177 A Crim R 44 Dowe and Gedeon v Commissioner of NSW Crime Commisson [2008] HCA 43; 236 CLR 120 EK [2009] NSWCCA 4 CASES CITED : Glossop [2001] NSWCCA 165 Groves (2 April 1990 NSWCCA unrep No 60407 of 1989) Kocer [2006] NSWCCA 328 Lavender [2002] NSWCCA 511; 37 MVR 491 Marchione [2002] NSWCCA 131; 128 A Crim R 574 Steffan (1990) 30 NSWLR 633