NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : REGINA v. SCHUBERT [2000] NSWSC 1127 revised - 30/01/2001 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Criminal FILE NUMBER(S) : SC No. 70022 of 2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 28/11/00 - 30/11/00; 4/12/00 - 5/12/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 December 2000
PARTIES : REGINA v. SCHUBERT, Janis JUDGMENT OF : Greg James J at 1
COUNSEL : Crown: T. Hoyle, SC. Accused: J. Stratten SOLICITORS : Crown: S.E. O'Connor Accused: David Giddy & Associates CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - murder - judge only trial - intent - self-defence - Home Invasion (Occupants Protection) Act 1998 - Act a code - not necessary to determine whether immunity under Act wider than common law defence - onus and standard of proof - matters to be considered relating to reasonableness of grounds and necessity for self-defence - perception of accused - significant intellectual impairment - limited extent to which reasons should be given on an acquittal in a judge only trial. Criminal Procedure Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Home Invasion (Occupants Protection) Act 1998 Murphy [2000] NSWCCA 297 Fleming (1998) 158 ALR 379 Zecevic v. DPP (1987) 162 CLR 645 CASES CITED : Hawes (1994) 35 NSWLR 294 Conlon (1993) 69 A. Crim. R. 92 Downes (1985) 18 A. Crim. R. 75 Cutter (1997) 94 A. Crim. R. 152 Maxwell (CCA, unreported 23 December 1998) DECISION : Not guilty
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES CRIMINAL DIVISION
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