R v TAB [2002] NSWCCA 274

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v TAB [2002] NSWCCA 274 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60837 of 2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 & 7 December 2001, 1 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 July 2002

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PARTIES : v

TAB JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Sully J at 2; Levine J at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/21/0030 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Bellear DCJ OFFICER :

MC RAMAGE QC (Appellant) COUNSEL : EA WILKINS (Crown) DJ HUMPHREYS (Appellant) SOLICITORS : SE O'CONNOR (Crown) CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - sexual assaults - relationship evidence - complaint evidence - admissibility - evidence of prior good character - jury - verdict taken before question answered or further directions given - principles Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Records Act 1991 Evidence Act 1995 BRS v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 275 Gipp v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 106 Hoch v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 292 KRM v The Queen (2001) 75 ALJR 550 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Peake (1996) 67 SASR 297 R v R SCCRM-98-45, SCCRM-98-46 (17 June 1998) Regina v AH (1997) 42 NSWLR 702 Regina v Beserick (1993) 30 NSWLR 510 Regina v CJ Knight (NSWCCA, unreported 18 December, 1990) Regina v Cole (NSWCCA, unreported, 29 March 1994) CASES CITED: Regina v Dann [2000] NSWCCA 185 Regina v Hudson (NSWCCA, unreported, 30 July 1998) Regina v JR Thompson (NSWCCA, unreported, 18 June 1996) Regina v Marsh [2000] NSWCCA 370 Regina v McCormack (1995) 85 A Crim R 445 Regina v MJR [2002] NSWCCA 129 Regina v RM Fraser (NSWCCA ,unreported, 10 August 1998) Regina v Robinson [2000] NSWCA 59 Regina v Salama [1999] NSWCCA 105 Regina v Todd (1982) 2 NSWLR 517 Regina v Wheeler (NSWCCA, unreported, 16 November 1989) Ryan v The Queen [2001] HCA 21; (2001) 179 ALR 193 Saraswati v The Queen (1990 -91) 172 CLR 1 Wilson v The Queen (1970) 123 CLR 334 DECISION : Conviction appeal dismissed; sentence appeal - leave granted, appeal dismissed. See paragraph 118