R v DH [2000] NSWCCA 360

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v DH [2000] NSWCCA 360 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60127/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 15 August 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 September 2000

PARTIES : R v DH JUDGMENT OF : Stein JA at 1; Smart AJ at 124; Ireland AJ at 125

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 95/61/0206 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Nader ADCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Crown - P G Berman Appellant - R Burgess SOLICITORS : Crown - S E O'Connor Appellant - D J Humphreys CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sexual assault - failure of judge to sum-up on facts - duplicity - use of evidence of sexual assaults not charged - relationship evidence - delay in complaint - complaint direction - corroboration warning - rule 4 Criminal Appeal Rules - unreasonable and unsupported verdict LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900, ss 78N, 405AA, 405B Criminal Procedure Act 1986, s 99 BRS v The Queen (1997) ALJR 1512 Domican v The Queen (1991 - 1992) 173 CLR 555 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 R v AH (1997) 42 NSWLR 702 R v Ali Ali (1981) 6 A Crim R 161 R v Beserick (1993) 30 NSWLR 510 R v Condon (1995) 83 A Crim R 335 R v Davis [1999] NSWCCA 15 CASES CITED: R v Jeffrey (Court of Criminal Appeal, 16 December 1993, unreported) R v Khouzame and Saliba [1999] NSWCCA 173 R v RNS [1999] NSWCCA 122 R v Vinh Le [2000] NSWCCA 49 R v Williams (1999) 104 A Crim R 260 R v Zorad (1990) 19 NSWLR 91 RPS v The Queen [2000] HCA 3 (3 February 2000) S v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 266 Walsh v Tattersall (1996) 188 CLR 77 DECISION : Appeal against conviction dismissed