REGINA v MARSH [2000] NSWCCA 370

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v MARSH [2000] NSWCCA 370 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60092/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 June 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 September 2000

PARTIES : Regina Russell Alexander Marsh JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Newman J at 2; Adams J at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/21/0284; 97/21/0162 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Holt DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : L Flannery (Appellant) D C Frearson (Crown) SOLICITORS : Taylor & Scott (Appellant) S E O'Connor (Crown) CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - criminal trial - physical and sexual assault - "relationship evidence" - evidence should not have been admitted - EVIDENCE - criminal trial - physical and sexual assault - exclusion of evidence - Evidence Act 1995, s108(3)(b) - CRIMINAL LAW - trial - role of counsel LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Rules Evidence Act 1995 B v The Queen (1992) 175 CLR 599 BRS v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 275 Gipp v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 106 R v Abusafiah (1991) 24 NSWLR 531 R v Beserick (1993) 30 NSWLR 510 CASES CITED: R v Clarke (1995) 78 A Crim R 226 R v Fordham (1997) 98 A Crim R 359 R v Harvey (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, 11 December 1996, unreported) R v Meier (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, 21 May 1996, unreported) R v MM [2000] NSWCCA 78 R v Tripodina (1988) 35 A Crim R 183 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted; appeal allowed; convictions quashed; new trial ordered.