NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : REGINA v. ELDRIDGE [2002] NSWCCA 205 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA No. 60249 of 2001 HEARING DATE(S) : Friday 5 April 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 June 2002
PARTIES : REGINA v. ELDRIDGE, Jason John JUDGMENT OF : Heydon JA at 1; Greg James J at 2; Kirby J at 64
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/21/3236 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Nield, DCJ. OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Crown: P.E. Barrett App: P. Bryne, SC. SOLICITORS : Crown: S.E. O'Connor App: D.J. Humphreys CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - appeal - admissibility of evidence of similarity - relevance - prejudice - consideration of identification and similarity evidence - appropriate directions concerning identification and similarity evidence under s.116 and s.165(1)(b) of the Evidence Act - verdicts not unreasonable. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Evidence Act 1995 Pitkin (1995) 69 ALJR 612 Blick (2000) 111 A. Crim. R. 326 Cook (CCA, unreported 24 August 1998) CASES CITED: Fisher [2001] NSWCCA 380 Festa (2001) 76 ALJR 291 Barbaro (1993) 32 NSWLR 619 Alexander (1981) 145 CLR 395 Domican (1992) 173 CLR 555 DECISION : Appeal against conviction dismissed. Leave to appeal against sentence refused.
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 60249 of 2001
HEYDON, JA. GREG JAMES, J. KIRBY, J.
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