NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 121 A Crim R 509
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v T J Tier [2001] NSWCCA 53 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60827/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 8/02/2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 March 2001
PARTIES : Regina Terrence John Tier JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Grove J at 8; Kirby J at 9
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 95/11/0880 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Rummery DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : M C Marien (Crown) G P Craddock/R Rasmussen (Appl) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Crown) M Lorraine Spooner & Assocs (Appl) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - Unfitness for trial due to mental illness - long running trial - whether issue raised in good faith - obligation to halt trial and resolve issue of unfitness Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act, 1985 Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act, 1990 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act, 1958 (Vic) Crimes Act, 1900 Evidence Act, 1995 R v Dashwood (1943) 1 KB 1 R v Pritchard (1836) 7 Car & P 303; 173 ER 135 R v Presser (1958) VR 45 Eastman v The Queen (2000) 74 ALJR 915 R v Davies (1853) 6 Cox 326 CASES CITED: Kesavarajah v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 230; (1993) 66 A Crim R 376 Ngatayi v The Queen (1980) 147 CLR 1 R v Zhang [2000] NSWCCA 344 Central Estates (Belgravia) Ltd v Woolgar (1971) 3 All E R 647 Carlson v The King (1947) 64 WN(NSW) 65 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) P/L (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 R v Maxwell (CCA, unreported, 23.12.98) DECISION : Appeal allowed.; Conviction quashed and new trial ordered.
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