R v El Azzi [2001] NSWCCA 397

Reported Decision : 125 A Crim R 113

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v El Azzi [2001] NSWCCA 397 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60543/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 02/10/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 October 2001

PARTIES : Regina v William El Azzi JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Levine J at 2; Howie J at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/11/0667; 01/11/0728 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Hock DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M. Grogan - Crown C. Waterstreet - Applicant SOLICITORS : S.E. O'Connor - Crown Kings Lawyers - Applicant CATCHWORDS : Appeal against interlocutory judgment - abuse of process - conspiracy to commit the impossible Criminal Appeal Act 1912 - s 5F LEGISLATION CITED : Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 - ss 3, 24, 26 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 - s 47 R v McCoy [2001] NSWCCA 255 R v Glossop [2001] NSWCCA 165 BWM (1997) 91 A Crim R 260 Mok (1987) 27 A Crim R 438 Checconi (1988) 34 A Crim R 160 McCready (1985) 20 A Crim R 32 DPP v Nock [1978] AC 979 R v Barbouttis (1995) 37 NSWLR 256 Walton v Gardner (1993) 177 CLR 378 CASES CITED: Ridgeway v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 19 R v Kingswell [1984] 3 NSWLR 273 Kapeliotis and Mari (1995) 82 A Crim R 300 R v Smith [1975] AC 476 R v Shivpuri [1987] 1 AC 1 R v Mai (1992) 26 NSWLR 371 R v Sew Hoy [1994] 1 NZLR 257 Maxwell v HM Advocate [1980] SLT 241 Howard Smith Paper Mills Ltd v The Queen (1957) 8 DLR 2d 449 R v Murray [2001] NSWCCA 289 R v Smith [1995] 1 VR 10 DECISION : Application for leave to appeal is refused