R. v. G.S. [2002] NSWCCA 4

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R. v. G.S. [2002] NSWCCA 4 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60088/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 27/09/2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 February 2002

PARTIES : Regina (Respondent) G.S. (Appellant) JUDGMENT OF : Powell JA at 1; Sully J at 104; Bell J at 105

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : DC 98/11/0535 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL McGuire DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : W.G. Dawe QC (Respondent) P.L.G. Brereton SC/P. Lowe (Appellant) SOLICITORS : S.E. O'Connor, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) Direct Access (Appellant) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Sexual offences - Appeal against conviction - Whether six verdicts of guilty unreasonable having regard to one verdict of not guilty - CRIMINAL LAW - Sexual offences - Prosecution for - When sanction for required - Delegation of power to sanction - At what time may delegation be effected - Whether delegation of power to sanction effective Aban v. Minister for Immigration, Local Goverment and Ethnic Affairs (1991) 31 FCR 93 Benwell v. Gottwald [1978] VR 253 Dore v. Gormley [1963] QWN 38 Kelly v. Watson (1985) 10 FCR 305 Larcher v. Dunleavy (No. 2) [1938] AR (NSW) 548 MRW (1995) 113 A. Crim. R. 308 CASES CITED: Mackenzie v. The Queen (1996) 190 CLR 348 R. v. ATM [2000] NSWCCA 475 R. v. Davies (1985) 3 NSWLR 276 R. v. Markuleski [2001] NSWCCA 290 R. v. RAT (2000) 111 A.Crim. R. 360 R. v. Robinson (2000) 111 A. Crim. R. 388 Seaton v. Chen Fong Yan [1908] QSR 195 Wood v. Pfeiffer [1925] VLR 167. DECISION : Appeal dismissed.