REGINA v. GONZALEZ-BETES [2001] NSWCCA 226

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v. GONZALEZ-BETES [2001] NSWCCA 226 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA No. 60636 of 2000 HEARING DATE(S) : Friday 8 June 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 June 2001

PARTIES : REGINA v. GONZALEZ-BETES, Beatriz JUDGMENT OF : Dowd J at 1/74; Barr J at 2; Greg James J at 75

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/11/0475 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Ainslie-Wallace, DCJ. OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Crown: D.J. Fagan, SC. App: W.G. Roser/J. Crespo SOLICITORS : Crown: S.E. O'Connor App: Nyman Gibson & Co. CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - appeal against conviction - leave to appeal against sentence - drug importation - life sentence - evidence of importation technique similar to previous yacht journeys with dinghy of specific design - appellant said to have asserted knowledge of previous journeys but not to have been involved in them - admissibility of evidence - utility of evidence - conduct of Crown Prosecutor - form of summing-up - separation of cases - evidence of accomplice - cross-examination on matter deliberately not revealed in police interview - no substance in grounds of appeal - no error in sentence. LEGISLATION CITED : Customs Act 1901 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 CASES CITED: Booth (1983) 8 A. Crim. R. 81 Pang (1999) 105 A. Crim. R. 474 DECISION : Appeal on conviction: appeal dismissed; Appeal on sentence: leave to appeal granted; appeal dismissed.

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL

No. 60636 of 2000 CORAM: DOWD, J. BARR, J. GREG JAMES, J.

FRIDAY 8 JUNE 2001

REGINA v. BEATRIZ GONZALEZ-BETES