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New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : Regina v Taufua [1999] NSWCCA 205 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60006/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 May, 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 July 1999
PARTIES : Regina v David Uaine TAUFUA JUDGMENT OF : James J at 1; Barr J at 2; Carruthers AJ at 3-56
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 86/31/0533 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Freeman DCJ
COUNSEL : J S Stratton for the Appellant D N Howard for the Crown SOLICITORS : T A Murphy for the Appellant C K Smith for the Crown CATCHWORDS : Appeal against conviction whether Jones v Dunkel direction should have been given against the accused or the Crown or at all. ACTS CITED : S. 97 of the Crimes Act 1900 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Regina v Buckland (1977) 2 NSWLR 452 Dilosa v Latec Finance Pty Ltd (1966) 84 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 557 at 581-582. Weissensteiner v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 217 CASES CITED: Regina v John Paul Newland (1997) 98 A Crim R 455. Regina v Apostilides (1984) 154 CLR 563 Regina v Su [1997] 1 VR 1 Cf v Yaari (1995) 101 CCC (3d) 401 Ratten v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 510 at 517 DECISION : Application for leave to appeal out of time be granted; Appeal upheld; Conviction and sentence quashed and a new trial ordered.
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JAMES J BARR J CARRUTHERS AJ
FRIDAY, 30 JULY, 1999 REGINA v David Uaine TAUFUA JUDGMENT
1 JAMES J: I agree with Carruthers AJ.
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 60006/98
JAMES J BARR J CARRUTHERS AJ
FRIDAY, 30 JULY, 1999 REGINA v David Uaine TAUFUA JUDGMENT
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