REGINA v O'DRISCOLL [2003] NSWCCA 166

Reported Decision : 57 NSWLR 416 141 A Crim R 368

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v O'DRISCOLL [2003] NSWCCA 166 revised - 8/06/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 20 May 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 June 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Hulme J at 116; Carruthers AJ at 149 DECISION : Appeal from convictions on Counts 7-22 allowed, appeal otherwise dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against conviction - structuring cash transactions - meaning of "transaction" - whether two or more non-reportable cash transactions - Financial Transaction Reports Act (Cth) s31 - CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - whether Crown case split - whether error in allowing cross-examination by Crown on evidence of unexplained wealth - whether error in allowing Crown case in reply Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 29D LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 ss 6, 6AA Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 (Cth) ss 3, 4, 7, 31 Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) Bendir v Anson [1936] 3 All ER 326 Chamberlain v R (No 2) (1984) 153 CLR 521 Killick v The Queen (1981) 147 CLR 565 Palmer v Commissioner of Taxation [1976] WAR 37 Palmer v Commissioner of State Taxation (WA) (1976) 136 CLR 406 Pearce v R (1978) 194 CLR 610 Question of Law Reserved (No 2 of 1998) (1998) 101 A Crim R 317 R v Chin (1984) 157 CLR 671 CASES CITED : R v Ditfort (1987) 28 A Crim R 392 R v Ditfort (1991) 91 ATC 4431 R v Campbell & Greig (1999) 109 A Crim R 174 R v Edwards [1998] 2 VR 354 R v McMahon (NSWCCA, 23 June 1978, unreported) R v Narayanan [2002] NSWCCA 200 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 R v Soma (2003) 77 ALJR 849 Shaw v The Queen (1952) 85 CLR 365 Shepherd v R (1990) 70 CLR 573) PARTIES : Regina (Respondent) William Benedict O'Driscoll (Appellant) FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60022/03 COUNSEL : E. Fullerton SC (Appellant) D. Staehli (Respondent) SOLICITORS : James A. Moustacas & Co. (Appellant) Commonwealth DPP (Respondent)