NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 125 A Crim R 505
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v Moussa [2001] NSWCCA 427 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60110/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 20/09/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 November 2001
PARTIES : Regina v Victor Ian Moussa JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Howie J at 2; Carruthers AJ at 75
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/11/0418 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Kinchington DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : R A Hulme - Crown S J Odgers SC - Appellant SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor - Crown Kremner Townsend - Appellant CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Evidence - Confession and Admisions - Crimes Act s 424A - reasonable excuse for failure to record - Practice and Procedure - Search and Seizure of Goods - whether search lawful - Summing Up - Failure to give directions on lies - Zoneff v the Queen (2000) 200 CLR 234 - Appeal at New Trial - Finding of fact by trial judge - scope of appeal - Criminal Appeal Rules, rule 4 - relevance of affidavit by trial counsel Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 - ss 357, 424A Evidence Act 1995 - ss 86, 138 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 - s 108 R v Kyriakou (1987) 29 A Crim R 50 R v O'Donoghue (1988) 34 A Crim R 397 R v Khousame [2000] NSWCCA 505 DPP v Leonard [2001]NSWSC 797 R v Horton (1998) 45 NSWLR 426 R v Esposito (1998) 45 NSWLR 442 Schiavini (1999) 108 A Crim R 161 Edwards v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 193 Zoneff v The Queen (2000) 200 CLR 234 R v Hines (1991) 24 NSWLR 737 R v Leonard (NSWCCA, unreported, 4 August 1993) R v Bryant (NSWCCA, unreported, 27 June 1994) CASES CITED: R v Abusafiah (1991) 24 NSWLR 531 R v Roberts [2001] NSWCCA 163 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 Tripodina and Morabito (1988) 35 A Crim R 183 R v Williamson and Morrell (NSWCCA, 11 October 1991) Clarke (1995) 78 A Crim R 226 R v Visser (NSWCCA, 29 July 1994) R v Steeden (NSWCCA, 19 August 1994) R v GJH [2001] NSWCCA 128 R v Small (NSWCCA, 15 April 1994) Dat Tuan Nguyen (2001) 118 A Crim R 479 R v Galea [2001] NSWCCA 270 R v Dhanhoa [2001] NSWCCA 293 Osland v The Queen (1998) 197 CLR 316 DECISION : The appeal is dismissed.
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