R v CRAMP [1999] NSWCCA 324

Reported Decision : 110 A Crim R 198

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : R v CRAMP [1999] NSWCCA 324 revised - 10/12/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60723/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 15 October 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 November 1999

PARTIES : REGINA v William Peter CRAMP JUDGMENT OF : Sully J at 1; Ireland J at 1; Barr J at 2

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/31/0063 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Nader ADCJ QC

COUNSEL : Crown: P G Berman Appellant: B M J Toomey QC/B H Hughes SOLICITORS : Crown: S E O'Connor Appellant: McClellands CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - manslaughter - alternative bases for a finding of guilt - whether jury must be unanimous as to either basis. HELD: no; Criminal law - manslaughter alternatively by gross negligence and unlawful and dangerous act - whether these bases involved materially different issues or consequences; HELD: they did not. Accessories and Abettors Act 1861 s 8 ACTS CITED : Crimes Act s 31A, 52A(2), 346 Crimes Act (Victoria) s 338 Traffic Act 1909 s 4E(1D) R v Agbim [1979] Crim LR 171 R v Anthony [1965] 1 All ER 440 R v Beach (1994) 75 A Crim R 447 R v Brown (1984) 79 Cr App R 115 R v Clarke & Johnstone [1986] VR 643 R v Demirian [1989] VR 97 Du Cros v Lambourne [1907] 1 KB 40 Cain v Doyle (1946) 72 CLR 409 R v Eades (1991) 57 A Crim R 151 R v Fitzgerald [1992] Crim LR 660 R v Flynn (1985) 82 Cr App R 319 R v Gaughan [1990] Crim LR 880 R v Giannetto [1996] Cr App R 1 Giorgianni v The Queen (1984-1985) 156 CLR 473 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374 CASES CITED: KBT v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 417 R v Levidis (1990) 51 A Crim R 216 R v Leivers & Ballinger (1998) 101 A Crim R 175 R v Mitchell [1994] Crim LR 66 R v More (1986) Cr App R 234 R v Muto & Eastey [1996] 1 VR 336 R v Petrov (1980) 2 A Crim R 101 R v Phillips (1988) 86 Cr App R R v Price [1991] Crim LR 465 R v Serratore [1999] NSWCCA 377 R v Sourelos, Court of Criminal Appeal, 6.9.84 R v Stevens, Court of Criminal Appeal, 13.8.93 Swindall v Osborne (1864) 2 Car. & K 230 Thatcher v R (1987) 39 DLR (4th) 275 R v White (1989) 41 A Crim R 237 R v Youssef, Court of Criminal Appeal, 14.12.91 DECISION : Appeal against conviction dismissed; Leave granted to appeal agaisnt sentence; Appeal against sentence dismissed