Regina v Gilbert Adam [1999] NSWCCA 197

Reported Decision : 47 NSWLR 267

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : Regina v Gilbert Adam [1999] NSWCCA 197 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60017/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 May 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 July 1999

PARTIES : Regina v Gilbert Adam (aka Daewood Odishou) JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ; James J; Bell J

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 70218//98 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Wood CJ at CL

COUNSEL : Appellant: P Byrne SC/CC Waterstreet Respondent: CK Maxwell QC/GE Smith SOLICITORS : Appellant: Murphy's Lawyers Inc Respondent: R Gray CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW; murder; appeal against conviction; verdict; whether unsafe and unsatisfactory; CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE; application for discharge of jury; inadvertent and potentially prejudicial event ; (material before jury not admitted into evidence); whether direction overcame prejudice; EVIDENCE; hearsay rule; exceptions; evidence of previous representation admitted because relevant for a purpose other than proof of the fact intended to be asserted by the representation; (Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s60); relevance ; whether 'purpose' to be ascertained subjectively or objectively; EVIDENCE; hearsay; exceptions; criminal proceedings where maker available; (Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s66); 'fresh in the memory' Crimes Act 1900 ACTS CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Evidence Act 1995 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427 R v Philip Harold Bell (unreported, CCA, 8 October 1998) Blewitt v The Queen (1988) 62 ALJR 503 Hammer v S Hoffnung & Co Limited (1928) 28 SR (NSW) 280 CASES CITED: Regina v Hawes (1994) 35 NSWLR 294 Regina v Thompson (1964) QWN 61 Regina v Hall (1986) 1 Qd R 462 Regina v GAC (NSWCCA 1 April 1997) Lee v Regina (1998) HCA 60; (1998) 157 ALR 394 Graham v The Queen (1998) 72 ALJR 1491 Waterford v The Commonwealth (1986-87) 163 CLR 54 DECISION : See paragraph 143