R. v. Sullivan [2003] NSWCCA 100

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R. v. Sullivan [2003] NSWCCA 100 HEARING DATE(S) : 15 October 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 April 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Hodgson JA at 1; Buddin J at 57; Smart AJ at 105 DECISION : Appeal against conviction allowed. Ordered that there be a new trial in respect of count 1 and counts 3-7 respectively.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Appeal - Evidence by person criminally involved in offences - Discount in sentence given to that person - Liabiliy of that person to be re-sentenced - Whether extent of discount admissible - Whether discount and liability to be re-sentenced should be led in chief by Crown - Sufficiency of warning under s.165 of Evidence Act 1995 - Points not taken at the trial - Whether miscarriage of justice occurred by reason of failure to lead evidence of extent to discount and/or insufficiency of warning - Comment of Crown prosecutor, repeated by judge, that appellant had an interest to give certain evidence - No objection taken at the trial - Whether miscarriage of justice occurred. LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 s.165 Asquith (1994) 72 ACrimR 250 Booth (1983) 8 ACrimR 81 Conway & Anor. v. The Quen (2000) 98 FCR 204 Davies v. Director of Public Prosecutions [1954] AC 378 Domican v. The Queen (1992) 173 CLR 555 Ellem [No.2] (1994) 75 ACrimR 370 Gonzales-Betes [2001] NSWCCA 226 Grey v. The Queen (2001) 184 ALR 593 R v. Booth [1982] 2 NSWLR 847 R v. Booty NSWCCA 19/12/94 R v. Button [1991] 1 QdR 552 CASES CITED : R v. Chai (1992) 27 NSWLR 153 R v. Checconi (1988) 34 ACrimR 160 R v. Chen [2002] NSWCCA 174 R v. Privett [2001] NSWCCA 518 R v. Stewart (2001) 52 NSWLR 301 R v. Yammine [2002] NSWCCA 289 Ramey v. The Queen (1994) 68 ALJR 917 Robinson (1995) 80 ACrimR 358 Robinson v. The Queen (1991) 180 CLR 531 Stafford v. The Queen (1993) 67 ALJR 510 TKWJ v. The Queen [2002] HCA 46 Whitehorn v. The Queen (1983) 152 CLR 657 PARTIES : Regina - respondent/Crown Dennis John Sullivan - appellant FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60566/00 COUNSEL : Mr. P. Strickland for appellant Mr. L. Lampratti for respondent/Crown SOLICITORS : D.J. Humphreys for appellant S.E. O'Connor for respondent/Crown