NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 57 NSWLR 616
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v Ray [2003] NSWCCA 227 revised - 29/08/2003 HEARING DATE(S) : 6/8/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 August 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Wood CJ at CL at 1, 124; Simpson J at 122; Adams J at 123 DECISION : 1. Appeal allowed; 2. Conviction quashed; 3. New trial ordered.
CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - murder - directions to jury - directions about lies - consciousness of guilt - application to discharge jury - whether refusal to hear counsel prior to jury deliberations an error - whether verdict unreasonable and/or could not be supported on the evidence - whether miscarriage of justice. LEGISLATION CITED : Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Evidence Act 1995 Dhanhoa v The Queen [2003] HCA 40 Edwards v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 193 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 Morris v The Queen (1987) 163 CLR 454 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 CASES CITED : Osland v The Queen (1998) 197 CLR 316 Palmer v The Queen (1998) 193 CLR 1 Robinson v The Queen (1991) 180 CLR 531 R v Heyde (1990) 20 NSWLR 234 R v Sutton (1986) 5 NSWLR 697 Zoneff v The Queen (2000) 200 CLR 234 PARTIES : Regina David Stafford Ray FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60884/01 COUNSEL : M Grogan (C) D Dalton (A) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor D J Humphreys
LOWER COURT Supreme Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 70036/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT O'Keefe J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
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