NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 124 A Crim R 233
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v KCH [2001] NSWCCA 273 revised - 6/14/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60410/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 16/07/01, 20/08/01,21/08/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 September 2001
PARTIES : Regina v KCH JUDGMENT OF : Ipp AJA at 1; Hulme J at 118; Sperling J at 177
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/61/0149 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Karpin DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : T A Game SC/M A Marty (Appellant) M C Grogan (Crown) SOLICITORS : D Humphreys (Appellant) S E O'Connor (Crown) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Withdrawal of guilty plea - miscarriage of justice - inappropriate advice - improper pressure - legal representatives told appellant of alleged comments of trial judge as to his likelihood of being convicted - whether it is sufficient for the pressure to be one of a number of factors leading to the decision to plead guilty - tactical advantage in pleading guilty - duty of legal representatives not to bring improper pressure on clients to plead guilty. - CRIMINAL LAW - Sentence - miscarriage of justice - failure of counsel to obtain instructions as to factual basis of matter to be argued on sentence. D LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Liberti (1991) 55 A Crim R 120 Boag (1994) 73 A Crim R 35 R v Wilkes [2001] NSWCCA 97 Meissner v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 132 Maxwell v The Queen (1996) 184 CLR 501 Kouroumalos [2000] NSWCCA 453 Whitehead [2000] NSWCCA 400 Favero [1999] NSWCCA 320 Ganderton (Unreported, NSWCCA, 17 September 1998) Wilde v The Queen (1988) 164 CLR 365 R v Turner [1970] 2 QB 321 CASES CITED: The Queen v Pinhassovitch (Unreported, Supreme Court of Victoria, CCA, 7 February 1994) R v Boyd [2000] NSWCCA 110 R v Inns (1974) 60 Cr App R 231 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 75 ALJR 734 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Ross (Unreported, CCA, 20 April 1994) R v Murphy (1965) VR 187 R v Davies (Unreported, CCA, 16 December 1993) R v Cincotta (Unreported, CCA, 1 November1995) R v Hura [2001] NSWCCA 61 R v Toro-Martinez [2000] NSWCCA 216 R v Chiron (1980) 1 NSWLR 218 DECISION : By Majority (1) Appeal upheld (2) Allow appellant to withdraw his guilty plea (3) Conviction set aside (4) New trial ordered.
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