R v OGD No 2 [2000] NSWCCA 404

Reported Decision : 50 NSWLR 433

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v OGD No 2 [2000] NSWCCA 404 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60165/1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 September 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 October 2000

PARTIES : Crown - Respondent OGD No.2 - Appellant JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Simpson J at 2; Dowd J at 129

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/11/0480 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Solomon DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : L Lamprati - Crown P Byrne SC - Appellant SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor - Crown Hovan & Co - Appellant CATCHWORDS : Appellant charged with eleven sexual offences - one alleged victim - evidence of admission by appellant - evidence disclosing similar offence with another victim - appellant raises character - cross-examination - evidence of similar offences allegedly committed on two other victims - application of decision in Hoch v R (1988) 165 CLR 292 post Evidence Act 1995 - tendency evidence - directions on character evidence - inconsistent verdicts. LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 R v Hoch (1988) 165 CLR 292 R v Pfennig (1995) 182 CLR 461 BRS v R (1997) 191 CLR 275 R v Colby [1999] NSWCCA 261 (unreported 26 August 1999) R v Vinh Le [2000] NSWCCA 49 (unreported 7 March 2000) CASES CITED: R v ACK (unreported, NSWCCA 22 April 1996) BRS v R (1997) 191 CLR 275 at 301 Wheeler v R (unreporeted NSWCCA 16November 1989) R v TKWJ [2000] NSWCCA 246 R v BD (1997)97 A Crim R 131 R v Jones (1998) 191 CLR 439 DECISION : Appeal against conviction refused. Leave to appeal against sentence refused.