Regina v Stewart [2001] NSWCCA 260

Reported Decision : 52 NSWLR 301 124 A Crim R 371

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Stewart [2001] NSWCCA 260 revised - 10/09/2001 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60523/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/05/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 September 2001

PARTIES : Regina v Malcolm James Stewart JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Hulme J at 34; Howie J at 50

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 999/41/0214 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Garling DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P.G. Berman SC - Crown A.P. Cook - Applicant SOLICITORS : S.E. O'Connor - Crown South Eastern Aboriginal Legal Service - Applicant CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Summing up - warning to jury under s 165 of the Evidence Act - evidence of a 'kind' that may be unreliable Crimes Act 1900 - s 112(2) Evidence Act 1995 - ss 38, 66, 108(3), 116(1) 164, 165 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Procedure Act 1986 - s 108 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 - s 5DA Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - s 23 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297 Black v The Queen (1993) 179 CLR 44 Kelleher v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 534 Davies v DPP [1954] AC 378 Hargan v The King (1919) 27 CLR 13 Reg v Spencer [1986] AC 128 Chamberlain v the Queen (No. 2) (1984) 153 CLR 521 Bromley v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 315 R v Weston [1924] VLR 166 Mcnee v Kay [1953] VLR 520 Spencer [1986] AC 128 Hester [1973] AC 296 Carr v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 314 Longman v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 79 R v Murray 91987) 11 NSWLR 12 Crampton v The Queen (2000) 75 ALJR 133 McKinney and Judge v The Queen (1991) 173 CLR 468 R v Lewis (NSWCCA, 8 September 1998) R v King [2000] NSWCCA 507 R v Kirby [2000] NSWCCA 330 R v Johnson (1998) 45 NSWLR 362 Lowe (1997) 98 A Crim R 300- R v Spedding (NSWCCA, unreported, 11 December 1997) Vetrovec v The Queen [1982] 67 CCC (2d) 1 R v Flood [1999] NSWCCA 198 R v Taranto [1999] NSWCCA 396 R v AGJ (NSWCCA, 30 October 1997) Lane v R (1996) 66 FCR 144 Williams (1999) 104 A Crim R 260 Covill (2000) 114 A Crim R 111 CASES CITED: R v Baartman [2000] NSWCCA 298 Lane v the Queen (1996) 66 FCR 144 R v PLV [2001] NSWCCA 282 R v Barnes (NSWCCA, 1 December 1998) Benecke (1999) 106 A Crim R 282 R v Mayberry [2000] NSWCCA 531 Driscoll v The Queen (1977) 137 CLR 517 Morris v the Queen (1987) 163 CLR 454 R v TJF [2001] NSWCCA 127 R v Lonie and Groom [1999] NSWCCA 19 Domican v The Queen (1992) 173 CLR 555 Azzopardi and Davis v The Queen [2001] 75 ALJR 931 R v Fernando [1999] NSWCCA 66 R v Beattie (1996) 40 NSWLR 155 R v Stanton (NSWCCA, 24 July 1998, unreported) R v McLachlan [1999] 2 VR 553 R v Kendrick [1997] 2 VR 699 Downey (1997) 97 A Crim R 41 Ware (1994) 73 A Crim R 17 Wood v R [2001] NSWCCA 228 R v Spedding (NSWCCA, 11 December 1997) R v Paek [1999] NSWCCA 184 Checconi (1988) 34 A Crim R 160 R v Chai (1992) 27 NSWLR 153 R v Roddom [2001] NSWCCA 168 Pollitt v The Queen (1992) 174 CLR 558 Conway v R [2000] 98 FCR 204 R v JGW [1999] NSWCCA 116 R v Richards (NSWCCA, 3 April 1998) R v Blackman and Walters [2001] NSWCCA 121 R v Speeding [2001] NSWCCA 105 DECISION : Appeal against conviction is dismissed. Application for leave to appeal against sentence is granted but the appeal is dismissed.