REGINA v GALLI [2001] NSWCCA 504

Reported Decision : 127 A Crim R 493

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v GALLI [2001] NSWCCA 504 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60586/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 15 November 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 December 2001

PARTIES : Regina Juan Carlos GALLI JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Sully J at 122; Adams J at 123

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/11/1155 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Stewart ADCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : A J Bellanto QC / P Lowe (Appellant) E A Wilkins (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Robert Wehbe & Partners (Appellant) S E O'Connor (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - DNA evidence - Paternity Index - Relative Chance of Paternity - "Prosecutor's Fallacy" - CRIMINAL LAW - directions - use to be made of DNA evidence - CRIMINAL LAW - DNA evidence - errors committed at trial - conviction inevitable - application of the proviso - Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s6(1) Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Evidence Act 1995 Errey v The Queen [2001] WASCA 75 Gilbert v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 414 Glennon v The Queen (1993-1994) 179 CLR 1 Green v The Queen (1996-1997) 191 CLR 334 Grey v The Queen [2001] HCA 65 KRM v The Queen (2001) 75 ALJR 550; [2001] HCA 11 Parker v The King (1912) 14 CLR 681 R v Adams [1996] 2 CrAppR 467 R v Dohney and Adams [1997] 1 CrAppR 369 R v Duke (1979) 1 ACrimR 39 R v Gallagher [2001] NSWSC 462 CASES CITED: R v GK [2001] NSWCCA 413 R v Karger [2001] SASC 264 R v Krausch (1913) 32 NZLR 1229 R v Lisoff [1999] NSWCCA 364 R v Milat (1996) 87 ACrimR 446 R v Noll [1999] 3 VR 704 R v Pantoja (1996) 88 ACrimR 554 R v Pantoja (No 2) (NSWCCA, 5 November 1998, unreported) R v Parker [1912] VLR 152 R v Taylor (NSWCCA, 18 April 1995, unreported) Seltsam Pty Ltd v McGuiness (2000) 49 NSWLR 262 Wilde v The Queen (1988) 164 CLR 365 DECISION : Appeal against conviction dismissed. Leave to appeal against sentence granted. Appeal against sentence dismissed.