NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 140 A Crim R 422
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v. HEUSTON [2003] NSWCCA 172 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 June 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 June 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Hodgson JA at 1; Simpson J at 61; Greg James J at 62 DECISION : 1.Appeal allowed. 2. Convictions quashed. 3. New trial ordered. 4. Sentences imposed on 7 June 1996 backdated so as to have commenced on 9 March 1993.
CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Review of conviction - Reference by Attorney-General - Dealt with as appeal - Fresh evidence - Evidence from Police Royal Commission and Police Integrity Commission - Delay in complaint - Longman direction - Whether verdict of acquittal or new trial. LEGISLATION CITED : Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1997 Crimes Act 1900 ss.474C, 474D, 474L Jones v. The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 Longman v. The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 79 R v. BWT (2002) 54 NSWLR 241 CASES CITED : R v. Gregory [2002] NSWCCA 199 R v. Heuston, Court of Criminal appeal, 20/6/95 R v. Jovanovic (1997) 42 NSWLR 520 R v. Uhrig NSWCCA 24/10/96 WRC (2002) ACrimR 89 PARTIES : Regina - respondent Neil Heuston - appellant FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60018/03 COUNSEL : Mr. T. Game WC with Ms. R. Burgess for appellant Mr. D. Howard for respondent Crown SOLICITORS : D.J. Humphries for appellant S.E. O'Connor for respondent Crown
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT DC93/51/0177 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Kinchington DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate