NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v AT [2000] NSWCCA 342 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60143/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 August 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 September 2000
PARTIES : R v AT JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J at 1; Simpson J at 87; Dowd J at 88
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/21/0132 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Karpin DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : W.G. Dawe QC (Crown) R. Burgess (Appellant) SOLICITORS : S.E. O'Connor (Crown) D.J. Humphreys (Appellant) CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - indictment charging eight sexual offences - trial by jury - appellant convicted on six counts but acquitted on two counts - appellant gave evidence - essentially complainant's evidence against that of appellant - whether verdicts of guilty unreasonable - Criminal law - evidence of complaints - delay in complaining - necessity to alert jury in summing up to practical difficulties for appellant occasioned by the delay. Crimes Act LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Procedure Act Criminal Appeal Rules Mickelberg v The Queen (1988) 167 CLR 259 R v Hemsley (unreported, NSWCCA, 29 November 1995) R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 CASES CITED: R v Johnston (1998) 45 NSWLR 362 Fleming v The Queen (1998) 158 ALR 379 R v Giam [1999] NSWCCA 53 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 R v RAT [2000] NSWCCA 77 DECISION : See para 86
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
60143/99
STUDDERT J SIMPSON J DOWD J
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