NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v Channell [2002] NSWCCA 187 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60400/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 May 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 May 2002
PARTIES : Regina v Alan Douglas Channell JUDGMENT OF : Stein JA at 1; Kirby J at 2; Carruthers AJ at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/11/0676 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL His Honour Andrew DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Applicant - A.C. Haesler, M. Gibian Crown - W.G. Dawe QC SOLICITORS : Applicant - D.J. Humphreys Crown - S.E. O'Connor CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - conviction appeal - absence of appropriate directions in case involving multiple counts for sexual offences allegedly committed some twenty years beforehand - application of Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900, s81 (now repealed) Evidence Act 1995 Bramton v The Queen (2000) 176 ALR 369 Doggett v The Queen (2001) 182 ALR 1 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 Longman v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 79 R v AH (1997) 42 NSWLR 702 CASES CITED: R v ARD [2000] NSWCCA 443 R v Beserick (1993) 30 NSWLR 510 R v BWT [2002] NSWCCA 60 R v Greenham [1999] NSWCCA 8 R v Markuleski [2001] NSWCCA 290 R v Robinson [2000] NSWCCA 59 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted. Appeal against conviction upheld, the conviction on the third count quashed. Verdict of acquittal on third count.
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