NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : [2000] 118 A Crim R 34
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v Kennedy [2000] NSWCCA 487 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60242/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 November 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 November 2000
PARTIES : Regina v Robert Neil Kennedy JUDGMENT OF : Heydon JA at 94; Studdert J at 1; Greg James J at 95
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 95/61/0210 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Bell DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : R.A. Hulme (Crown) G.P. Craddock (Appellant) SOLICITORS : S.E. O'Connor (Crown) D.J. Humphreys (Appellant) CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - miscarriage of trial in consequence of conduct of Crown Prosecutor - summing up - inadequacy of instruction to jury as to lies and consciousness of guilt - sexual offences charged - delay in complaint and delay prior to trial - necessity for judge to warn jury as to effects of delay. LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Graham v The Queen (1998) 195 CLR 606 R v VHP (unreported, NSWCCA, 7 July 1997) R v Kneebone 47 NSWLR 450 R v Walton [1999] NSWCCA 452 CASES CITED: Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297 Jones v The Queen 191 CLR 417 R v Hemsley (1988) 36 A Crim R 334 R v Newham (unreported, NSWCCA, 26 November 1993) R v O'Meagher (unreported, NSWCCA, 10 February 1997) DECISION : Appeal allowed; convictions and sentences quashed; verdicts and judgments of acquittal entered.
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
60242/00
HEYDON JA STUDDERT J GREG JAMES J
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