NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) 133 A Crim R 227
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v DBG [2002] NSWCCA 328 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60889/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 07/08/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 September 2002
PARTIES : Regina v DBG JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Simpson J at 2; Howie J at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/41/0054 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Armitage DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : P. Barrett - Crown J.C. Papayanni - Appellant SOLICITORS : S. O'Connor - Crown Jeffreys and Associates - Appellant CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - sexual offences - delay in complaint - whether warnings and directions adequate - verdicts unsafe. Evidence (Children) Act 1997 - ss 11, 14, 18, 25 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Rules - rule 4 Evidence Act 1995 - ss 60, 66(2), 102, 108(3) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 - ss 107 Longman v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 79 R v SJF [2000] NSW CCA 294 R v Johnston (1998) 45 NSWLR 362 Doggett v The Queen (2000) 75 ALJR 1290 R v BWT [2002] NSWCCA 60 CASES CITED: Graham v The Queen (1998) 195 CLR 606 Pfennig v The Queen (1995) 182 CLR 461 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 267 R v Lillyman [1896] 2 QB 167 Kilby v The Queen (1973) 129 CLR 460 S v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 266 R v Baker; ex parte AG(Qld) [2002] 1 Qd R 274 DECISION : Appeal be allowed, the convictions and sentences be quashed and there be an order for a new trial.
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