Regina v Groom [2000] NSWCCA 538

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Groom [2000] NSWCCA 538 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60134/98 HEARING DATE(S) : Nil JUDGMENT DATE : 15 December 2000

PARTIES : Regina v Carla Phyllis Groom JUDGMENT OF : Barr J at 1; Greg James J at 2; Smart AJ at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/11/0430 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL McGuire DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : (A) --- (R) R D Ellis SOLICITORS : (A) D Barrow (R) C K Smith CATCHWORDS : Costs of appellant of criminal trial - verdicts of guilty insupportable because of insufficiency of evidence. LEGISLATION CITED : Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 (NSW) R v Fejsa (1995) 82 A Crim R 253 R v Pavy NSWCCA, unrep. 9 December 1997 CASES CITED: R v McFarlane, Blanch J, unrep. 12 August 1994 R v Manley (2000) NSWCCA 196 R v Johnston (2000) NSWCCA 197 Allerton v DPP (1991) 2 4 NSWLR 550 DECISION : Order that in relation to her trial and sentencing in the District Court Cala Phyllis Groom be granted a certificate under s.2 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act, 1967

THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL

CCA 60134/98 BARR J GREG JAMES J SMART AJ Friday, 15 December 2000

REGINA v CARLA PHYLLIS GROOM

JUDGMENT

1 BARR J: I agree with Smart, AJ.

2 GREG JAMES, J: I agree with Smart, AJ.

3 I add that I too see no justification, in law or policy, for the submission made by the Director, that in a case where the evidence was, at the time of arrest and charging, insufficient to sustain a conviction, the reasonableness of the conduct of the Director in so doing should be upheld by the court.