Regina v SMR [2002] NSWCCA 258

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v SMR [2002] NSWCCA 258 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60806/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 May 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 July 2002

PARTIES : Regina v SMR JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Hidden J at 2; Carruthers AJ at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/71/0070 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Her Honour Judge Latham OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Appellant - S.J. Odgers SC / Tanzareth Crown - W.G. Dawe QC SOLICITORS : Appellant - D.J. Humphreys Crown - S.E. O'Connor CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - appeal against conviction - sexual assaults - cogency of fingerprint evidence - whether Longman direction required - whether fresh evidence by independent fingerprint expert should be admitted. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 ss 61J, 61J(1), 61L, 61N(2), 61P Azzopardi v The Queen (2001) 75 ALJR 931 Bromley v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 315 Carr v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 314 Craig v The King (1933) 49 CLR 429 Gallagher v The Queen (1985-86) 160 CLR 371 Green v The King (1939) 61 CLR 167 Jago v District Court (NSW) (1989) 168 CLR 23 CASES CITED: Longman v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 79 Moreshead v Police [1999] SASC 162 (16/4/99) Parker v The King (1912) 14 CLR 681 R v Baartman [2000] NSWCCA 298 R v Castleton (1909) 3 Cr App R 74 R v McIntee (1985) 38 SASR 432 R v Peel (1999) 2 Qd R 400 R v Richards [2002] NSWCCA 38 Weissensteiner v the Queen (1993) 178 CLR 217 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.