REGINA v MARKULESKI [2001] NSWCCA 290

Reported Decision : 52 NSWLR 82 125 A Crim R 186

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v MARKULESKI [2001] NSWCCA 290 revised - 19/02/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60678/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 February 2001 1 May 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 August 2001

PARTIES : Regina Tomislav Markuleski JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Wood CJ at CL at 201; Grove J at 269; Simpson J at 285; Carruthers AJ at 344

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/11/0367 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL O'Reilly DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P Byrne SC / P J D Hamill (Appellant) L M B Lamprati (Crown) SOLICITORS : Graham Howe & Co (Appellant) S E O'Connor (Crown) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sexual offences - appeal against conviction - whether five verdicts of guilty returned by the jury unreasonable having regard to one verdict of not guilty - Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 - CRIMINAL LAW - sexual offences - appeal against conviction - directions of trial judge to jury - whether adequate direction relating to relevance of delay in complaint to credibility of complainant - where significant delay between commission of offences and complaint - whether adequate direction given relating to relevance of acquittal on any count to credibility of complainant on all counts - CRIMINAL LAW - sexual offences - appeal against conviction - whether question asked by jury about complainant's motivation for complaint suggested impermissible process of reasoning - where significant delay between commission of offences and complaint - whether trial judge's response to question was adequate. 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Appeal allowed; 2. Convictions quashed; 3. New trial ordered.