NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v Coe [2002] NSWCCA 385 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60686/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 June 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 September 2002
PARTIES : Regina (NSW) Mathew Leslie COE (Appellant) JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Dunford J at 2; Greg James J at 124
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/11/0757 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Kinchington DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : PJ Power (Crown) PJ Pearsall (Appellant) SOLICITORS : SE O'Connor (Crown) Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation Legal Service (Appellant) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - identification - witness recognises previous acquaintance as offender - nominates offender to police - subsequent photographic array - whether admissable - summing-up - adequacy of directions - CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - right to silence - cross-examination of accused - failure to inform police of alibi when arrested - CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - witness identifies accused as offender - not sure at trial - witness cross-examined as unfavourable witness - previous statements evidence of facts asserted therein - CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE - questions by trial judge - whether constituted a miscarriage of justice - CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE - summing-up - judge summarising Crown submissions on fact - submission not available in law - failure of judge to correct. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900, s 96 Evidence Act 1995, ss 38, 89, 116, 137, 165 R v Blick [2000] NSWCCA 61 Festa v The Queen [2001] HCA 72, 76 ALJR 291 R v Nguyen [2002] NSWCCA 342 Petty v The Queen (1991) 173 CLR 95 R v Anderson [2002] NSWCCA 141 R v Barbaro [2000] NSWCCA 192 R v Gee [2000] NSWCCA 198 CASES CITED: Gilbert Adam v The Queen [2001] HCA 57, 123 A Crim R 280 Domican v The Queen (1992) 173 CLR 555 R v KA Clarke (1997) 97 A Crim R 414 R v Eldridge [2002] NSWCCA 205 R v Zammit [1999] NSWCCA 65 R v Cook (CCA - unreported - 24 August 1998) R v Esposito (1998) 45 NSWLR 442 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 R v Markuleski [2001] NSWCCA 290 DECISION : Leave to appeal out of time granted, appeal dismissed and conviction confirmed.
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