Regina v Lisoff [1999] NSWCCA 364

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : Regina v Lisoff [1999] NSWCCA 364 revised - 23/11/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60460/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 15 September 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 November 1999

PARTIES : Regina Nick Lisoff JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ; Newman J; Sully J

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 96/11/0800 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Goldring DCJ

COUNSEL : D. N. Howard - Crown P. G. Hogan - Respondent SOLICITORS : S. E. O'Connor - Crown Martin Ricci - Respondent CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeal Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s5F - exclusion of evidence under Evidence Act s137 may be "interlocutory order or judgment"; Evidence - Evidence Act s137 - complicated evidence not "unfairly prejudicial" Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) ACTS CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Chamberlain & anor. v The Queen (1984) 153 CLR 521 Reg v Lucas (1992) 2 VLR 109 Reg v Lewis (1987) 29 ACrimR 276 Reg v Steffan (1993) 67 ACrimR 506 Reg v Powch (1988) 14 NSWLR 136 Reg v Edelsten (1989) 18 NSWLR 213 Reg v Anderson (unreported, CCA, NSW, 12 October 1989 Reg v Rogerson (1990) 45 ACrimR 253 CASES CITED: Reg v Groves (unreported, CCA, NSW, 2 April 1990 Reg v Waterhouse (1992) 62 ACrimR 59 Reg v Baker (unreported, CCA, NSW, 5 April 1993 Chow v DPP, Court of Appeal, (1992) 28 NSWLR 593 Reg v Baily & anor (1988) 36 ACrimR 30 Reg v Bozatsis and Spanakakis (1997) 97 ACrimR 296 Jago v The District Court of NSW (1989) 168 CLR 23 at 49-50 Reg v Alexandroaia (1995) 81 ACrimR 286 at 290 Reg v Jarrett (1994) 73 ACrimR 160 DECISION : (1) that the appeal be allowed; (2) that the order made by Goldring DCJ on 9 August 1999 excluding, pursuant to s.137 of the Evidence Act 1995, the evidence sought to be led at trial by the Crown on the subject of the location and DNA analysis of blood spotting on the respondent's clothing, be vacated; and (3) that the trial of the respondent proceed in conformity with the foregoing orders and otherwise according to law.