R v Serratore [2001] NSWCCA 123

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Serratore [2001] NSWCCA 123 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60422/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 29 January 2001 30 January 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 April 2001

PARTIES : Regina John Serratore JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Grove J at 146; Whealy J at 147

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 70018/96 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Kirby J OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Appellant: R Toner SC/S Walsh Crown: M Grogan SOLICITORS : Appellant: Macedone Christie Willis Crown: S E O'Connor CATCHWORDS : Murder - Method of indictment - Single indictment - Evidence of intention - Verdict unreasonable or unsupported by the evidence LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 18 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 72, 136 R v Serratore [1999] NSWCCA 377 Thatcher v The Queen (1987) 39 DLR (4th) 275 R v Giannetto (1997) 1 Cr App R 1 R v Leivers & Ballinger (1998) 101 A Crim R175 Burt v Barry & Roberts, Ex parte Barry & Roberts [1956] QSR 207 State Government Insurance Commission v Clift (1990) 54 SASR 52 Jacobs v London County Council [1950] AC 361 CASES CITED: R v O'Leary (1946) 73 CLR 566 R v Adam (1999) 106 A Crim R 510 R v Player [2000] NSWCCA 123 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 Jones v R (1997) 191 CLR 439 Hocking v Bell(1945) 71 CLR 430 R v Pantoja (1996) 88 A Crim R 554 R v Fleming 91998) 197 CLR 250 R v Maxwell (unreported, New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal, 23 December 1998) DECISION : Appeal dismissed