REGINA v WALKER [2000] NSWCCA 130

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v WALKER [2000] NSWCCA 130 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60455/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 March 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 March 2000

PARTIES : Regina Michael Shand Walker JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Ireland J at 100; Simpson J at 101

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70081/95 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Sully J OFFICER :

COUNSEL : J V Agius SC (Appellant) D C Frearson (Crown) SOLICITORS : Jeffreys & Associates (Appellant) S E O'Connor (Crown) CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - criminal trial - confessions and admissions - discretion to exclude - reliability - whether there was a miscarriage of justice - Evidence Act 1995, s90, s138 - Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s6 - EVIDENCE - criminal trial - confessions and admissions - discretion to exclude - restrictions on appellate court review - CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against conviction - whether verdict was "unsafe and unsatisfactory" - "unreasonable" - Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s6(1) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Listening Devices Act 1984 Fleming v The Queen [1998] HCA 68; (1998) 73 ALJR 1; (1998) 158 ALR 379; (1998) 103 A Crim R 121 Giam v R [1999] NSWCCA 53; (1999) 104 A Crim R 416 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 CASES CITED: The Queen v Swaffield; Pavic v The Queen (1998) 192 CLR 159 R v Bailey & Smith (1993) 97 Cr App R 365 R v Brownlee [1999] NSWCCA 57; (1999) 105 A Crim R 214 R v Johnston (1998) 45 NSWLR 362 R v Pfennig (No1) (1992) 57 SASR 507 R v Lowe [1997] 2 VR 465 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.