NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 48 NSWLR 273
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : REGINA v ORCHER [1999] NSWCCA 356 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60314/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 01/10/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 November 1999
PARTIES : Aaron John Orcher Regina JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Grove J at 47; Sully J at 48
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/62/0365 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Rummery DCJ
COUNSEL : C K Maxwell QC (Appellant) P Byrne SC (Respondent) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Appellant) Western Aboriginal Legal Service (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW; particular offences ; reprisals against judges, witnesses, jurors etc ; whether a police officer is a "public justice official" ; meaning of "in connection with any judicial proceeding"; Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s326(1)(c) Bail Act 1978 (NSW) ACTS CITED : Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Public Justice) Amendment Act 1900 (NSW) DECISION : Question 1 answered "No"; Question 2 answered "No"
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
60314/99
SPIGELMAN CJ GROVE J SULLY J
Friday 12 November 1999
REGINA v Aaron John ORCHER
1. A police officer is a "public justice official" for the purposes of s326(1)(c) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). The term "public justice official" is broadly defined to cover a range of duties customarily performed by police officers and which have a connection to the system of public justice.
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