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New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : Regina v KCW [1999] NSWCCA 112 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60325/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 28/04/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 May 1999
PARTIES : Regina v KCW JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; James J at 2; Bell J at 110
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 1996/61/0124 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Judge Kinchington
COUNSEL : TA Game (KCW) LMB Lamprati (Crown) SOLICITORS : TA Murphy (KCW) R Gray (Crown) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW; direction to jury;corroboration; CRIMINAL LAW; direction to jury; onus of proof; motive to lie; falsification of evidence; CRIMINAL LAW; verdict unreasonable or not supported on evidence; evidence by adult of childhood events given after long delay; CRIMINAL LAW; cross-examination of accused Hoch v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 292 Jones v the Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 R v Dennis (CCA unreported 25 February 1999) CASES CITED: R v Giam (CCA unreported 10 March 1999) R v H (1995) 2 WLR 754 R VJB (CCA unreported 7 March 1996) R v Rich (CCA unreported 10 December 1998) R v Uhrig (CCA unreported 24 October 1996) DECISION : 1 Appeal allowed; 2 Quash the verdict of guilty on each of counts 1 and 2; 3 Direct a verdict of acquittal on each of counts 1 and 2
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
60325/98
SPIGELMAN CJ JAMES J BELL J
Wednesday 12 May 1999
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