Sinanovic v Regina [2002] NSWCCA 292

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Sinanovic v Regina [2002] NSWCCA 292 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60330/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 8/3/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 July 2002

PARTIES : Hakija Sinanovic v Regina JUDGMENT OF : Stein JA at 1; O'Keefe J at 2; Buddin J at 35

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/11/0025 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Luland DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr G Nicholson QC - Appellant Mr G Smith - Crown Dean & Co, SOLICITORS : Melbourne Vic - Appellant S E O'Connor, Crown Solicitors, Sydney - Crown CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Appeal against sentence - Fraudulent misappropriation - Form of indictment - Names of persons to whom payments are to be made not included in indictment - Accused aware of the essence of matters alleged against him - Essential factual ingredients of the offence included in indictment together with sufficient particularity to enable accused to be reasonably apprised of charge - Non inclusion of names not fatal to validity of indictment - Desirability of including in indictment names of persons to whom payments are to be made LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 s.178A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s.6 Andrews v The Queen (1968) 126 CLR 198 Council of the City of Shoalhaven v State Pollution Control Commission (1991) 52 A Crim R 291 Wilde v Regina (1998) 164 CLR 365 CASES CITED: Regina v Giri [2001] NSWCCA 197 unreported 12 June 2001 Cheng v The Queen (2000) 208 CLR 248 McQueeney (1989) 39 A Crim R 58 Spies (2000) 113 A Crim R 448 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.