DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS v NICHOLLS [2001] NSWSC 523

Reported Decision : 123 A Crim R 66

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS v NICHOLLS [2001] NSWSC 523 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 10803/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 May 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 June 2001

Director of Public Prosecutions (Plaintiff)

PARTIES : v

Mark Richard Nicholls (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1

LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Carney LCM JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr P I Lakatos (Plaintiff) Mr J S Stratton (Defendant) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Plaintiff) Mr A E Townsden (Legal Aid Commission) Defendant CATCHWORDS : Lawful arrest - whether necessary to intend to take suspect before a justice - effect of Part 10A, Crimes Act 1900, exercise of discretion to exclude evidence under s 138 Evidence Act 1995 - meaning of "reckless" - Identification - photograph identified long after observation - whether witness' evidence of prior identification by him is hearsay - applicability of ss 59, 62 of the Evidence Act 1995 Justices Act 1092 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Evidence Act 1997 Bozatsis & Spanakakis (1997) 97 A Crim R 296 R v Lissof, unreported, NSWCCA 23 November 1999 CASES CITED : R v Pera, unreported, NSWCCA 17 March 2000 Williams v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 278 Barbaro & Rovere [2000] 112 A Crim R 551 R v Taousanis [2001] NSWSC 74 DECISION : Summons dismissed