NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v El-Zeyat [2002] NSWCCA 138 revised - 08/02/2005 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60724/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 4/2/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 May 2002
PARTIES : Regina Naseam El-Zeyat JUDGMENT OF : Wood CJ at CL at 1; Sully J at 61; Dowd J at 71
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/11/0645 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Backhouse DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : R C Pontello (App) R A Hulme (Crown) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Crown) CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Hinder discovery of evdience concerning a serious inditable offence - tamper and assist with disposal of vehicle - whether specific or general knowledge of offence required - statutory interpretaton. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Interpretation Act 1987 Bahri Kural v The Queen (1987) 162 CLR 502 Beckwith v The Queen (1976) 135 CLR He Kaw Te v The Queen (1985) 157 CLR 523 Kingswell v The Queen (1985) 159 CLR 264 CASES CITED: M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 Murphy v Farmer (1988) 165 CLR 19 R v Bright [1916] 2 KB 441 Regina v CWW (1933) 32 NSWLR 348 R v Stone (1981) VR 739 R v Tevendale (1955) VLR 95 DECISION : Appeal allowed. Conviction and sentence quashed. A verdict of acquittal entered.
- 22 -IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 60724/01
WOOD CJ at CL SULLY J DOWD J
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