Regina v Parkes [2003] NSWCCA 12

Reported Decision : 147 A Crim R 450

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Parkes [2003] NSWCCA 12 HEARING DATE(S) : 06/12/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 February 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Ipp JA at 1; Hulme J at 133; Bell J at 141 DECISION : (1) Appeal against convictions dismissed (2) Application for leave to appeal against sentence dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - claim of right - whether judge erred in striking out as irrelevant part of Crown witness' testimony favourable to defendant's claim - whether judge erred in not allowing defendant to cross-examine on evidence that was struck out - EVIDENCE - hearsay - whether evidence admissible at common law as a prior consistent statement - whether admissible under s 65 or s 66 of the Evidence Act 1995 - where evidence admissible under s 66 of the Evidence Act - where evidence not significant - whether exclusion gave rise to a miscarriage of justice - EVIDENCE ACT - whether trial judge erred in making appellant aware in the presence of a jury the effects of s 128 of the Act - whether trial judge contravened s 132 of the Act - CRIMINAL TRIAL - forensic tactics - where Crown used s 38 of the Evidence Act as a forensic device - whether unfair or improper advantage - whether abuse of section - whether judge's failure to refer to s 192 of the Evidence Act an error of law - where Crown case is strong - whether cumulative effect of errors result in a lost chance of defendant being acquitted - Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 6(1) - appeal dismissed. Corporations Law, s 596(b) LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995, ss 38, 65, 66, 128, 132, 192(2) Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s 6(1) Glennon v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 1 Graham v The Queen (1998) 195 CLR 606 Mraz (1955) 93 CLR 493 Nominal Defendant v Clements (1960) 104 CLR 476 R v Esho [2001] NSWCCA 415 R v Fowler [2000] NSWCCA 142 R v Hogan [2001] NSWCCA 292 CASES CITED : R v Kingswell (unreported, NSWCCA, 2 September 1998) R v Mansour (unreported, NSWSC, 19 November 1996) R v Milat (unreported, NSWSC, 23 April 1996) R v Pantoja (unreported, NSWCCA, 5 November 1998) R v Nguyen [2002] NSWSC 59 R v Reardon [2002] NSWCCA 203 R v Van Le [2002] NSWCCA 186 Stanoevski v The Queen (2001) 202 CLR 115 PARTIES : Regina v Damien Parkes FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60506/01 COUNSEL : B T Stratton QC (Appellant) R Sutherland SC (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Ross Hill & Associates (Appellant) Commonwealth DPP (Respondent)