R v GPP [2001] NSWCCA 493

Reported Decision : 129 A Crim R 1

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v GPP [2001] NSWCCA 493 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60135/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 September 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 December 2001

PARTIES : Regina v GPP JUDGMENT OF : Heydon JA at 1; Wood CJ at CL at 122; Carruthers AJ at 123

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 96/61/0180 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Gibson DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr G E Smith (Crown) Mr J C Papayanni (Appellant) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Crown) Jeffreys & Associates (Appellant) CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Sexual offences - Indecent assault - Attempted rape - Appeal against conviction - Delay in complaint - "Longman" warning - Whether "Longman" warning necessary - Whether delay caused forensic prejudice to accused - Correct form of warning - Discussion of history of warning and relevant case law - Criminal Law - Sexual offences - Indecent assault - Attempted rape - Appeal against conviction - Whether jury verdicts unreasonable, unsafe and unsatisfactory causing miscarriage of justice - Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s 6(1) - Criminal Practice and Procedure - Appeals - Remedies - Dismissal - New Trial - Whether appeal should be dismissed under proviso to s 6(1) of Criminal Appeal Act 1912 - Whether no substantial miscarriage of justice - Whether error so fundamental as to have caused trial to miscarry - Whether conviction inevitable despite error in trial judge's direction - Whether new trial should be ordered - consideration of discretionary factors - Criminal Appeal Act 1912, ss 6(1) and 8 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Evidence Act 1906 (WA) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) R v Aristidis [1999] 2 Qd R 629 R v Arundell [1999] 2 VR 228 Bromley v R (1986) 161 CLR 315 Carr v R (1988) 165 CLR 314 Crampton v R (2000) 75 ALJR 133 Crofts v R (1996) 186 CLR 427 Doggett v R (2001) 75 ALJR 1290 Glennon v R (1994) 119 ALR 706 R v Harvey (Court of Criminal Appeal, 9 April 1998, unreported) R v Johnston (1998) 45 NSWLR 362 Jones v R (1997) 191 CLR 439 CASES CITED: R v K (1997) 68 SASR 405 Kelleher v R (1974) 131 CLR 534 R v Kenny (Court of Criminal Appeal, 29 August 1997, unreported) Longman v R (1989) 168 CLR 79 M v R (1994) 181 CLR 487 R v Murray (1987) 11 NSWLR 12 Reid v R [1980] AC 343 Robinson v R (1999) 197 CLR 162 R v Roddom [2001] NSWCCA 168 R v Spencer [1987] AC 128 R v Stewart [2001] NSWCCA 260 Singleton v Ffrench (1986) 5 NSWLR 425 DECISION : Appeal allowed; convictions quashed; new trial ordered.