Regina v Glasby [2000] NSWCCA 83

Reported Decision : [2000] 115 A Crim R 465

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Glasby [2000] NSWCCA 83 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60323/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 October 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 June 2000

PARTIES : Regina v Garry Zane Glasby JUDGMENT OF : Stein JA at 1; Hulme J at 1 & 147; Greg James J at 1

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70201/96 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Sully J OFFICER :

COUNSEL : J C Papayanni (Appellant) M Grogan (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Jeffreys & Associates (Appellant) S E O'Connor (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : MURDER - appeal on conviction - compellability of spouse - statutory interpretation - common law presumptions - s 18 Evidence Act 1995 - s 407 Crimes Act 1900 - whether jury misdirected - representations of what accused told witness not evidence of truth of those representations - Lee v The Queen - s 6 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 - whether accused denied fair chance of aquittal - 'accepting' the accused's evidence - failure to discharge jury - MURDER - appeal on sentence - maximum sentence - worst category - parity of sentencing Crimes Act 1900, s 407 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s 6(1) Evidence Act 1995, ss 18, 38, 60 Interpretation Act 1987, s 30 Crofts v R (1996) 186 CLR 427 DPP v Smiles (1993) 67 A Crim R 234 Durham Holdings Pty Ltd v State of NSW (1999) 166 ALR 500 Fleming v R (1998) 73 ALJR 1 Glennon v Regina (1994) 179 CLR 1 Hodges v R (1997) 95 A Crim R 85 Jago v District Court of NSW (1989) 168 CLR 23 Kraljevich v Lake View & Star Limited (1945) 70 CLR 647 Lee v The Queen (1998) 195 CLR 594 Maric v R (1978) 52 ALJR 631 Maxwell v DPP [1935] AC 309 Mraz v Regina (1955) 93 CLR 493 Murphy v R (1989) 167 CLR 94 Postiglione v R (1996 - 1997) 189 CLR 295 CASES CITED: Quartermaine v Regina (1980) 143 CLR 595 R v Adam (1999) 47 NSWLR 267 R v Boland [1974] VR 849 R v Chung [1999] NSWCCA 330 R v Crofts (Supreme Court, 6 December 1996, unreported) R v Crofts (Victorian Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 May 1995, unreported) R v Glennon (1992) 173 CLR 592 R v Gulam Mohammad Khan (Supreme Court, 22 November 1995, unreported) R v Kalajzich (1997) 94 A Crim R 41 R v Reardon (1996) 89 A Crim R 180 R v Steele (Court of Criminal Appeal, 17 April 1997, unreproted) Regina v Lozano (Court of Criminal Appeal, 10 June 1997, unreported) Regina v Storey (1978) 140 CLR 364 Rodway v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 515 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Wilde v Regina (1988) 164 CLR 365 DECISION : Appeal on conviction dismissed; Leave to appeal against sentence granted; Appeal against sentence dismissed