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New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : R v Dwyer [1999] NSWCCA 47 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60376/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 March 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 March 1999
PARTIES : James Anthony Dwyer (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Grove J at 2; Dunford J at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/21/0130 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Phegan DCJ
COUNSEL : RF Sutherland (Appellant) LMB Lamprati (Respondent/Crown) SOLICITORS : Warren Webb (Appellant) SE O'Connor (Respondent/Crown) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Evidence; Sexual assault; Complaint; Not recent; CRIMINAL LAW - Summing-up; Sexual assault; Competing versions; Who to believe; EVIDENCE - Sexual assault; Complaint; Not recent ACTS CITED : Crimes Act 1900, s 61E Evidence Act 1995, ss 165, 59, 66, 108(3) R v Gillard [1999] NSWCCA 21 Graham v The Queen (1998) 157 ALR 404 Liberato and Others v The Queen (1985) 159 CLR 507 R v E (1995) 89 A Crim R 325 The Queen v Calides (1983) 34 SASR 355 R v Beserick (1993) 30 NSWLR 510 CASES CITED: R v PAH (unreported - CCA - 18 December 1998) R v Murray (1987) 11 NSWLR 12 R v Williams [1999] NSWCCA 9 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 Killick v The Queen (1981) 147 CLR 565 The Queen v Chin (1985) 157 CLR 671 Fleming v The Queen (1998) 158 ALR 379 R v Maxwell (CCA - unreported - 23 December 1998) M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 DECISION : Appeal upheld; Convictions and sentences quashed; New trial ordered
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