R v Folbigg [2002] NSWSC 1127

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v Folbigg [2002] NSWSC 1127 revised - 30/05/2003 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Divsion FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70046/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 22/11/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 November 2002

PARTIES : Regina Kathleen Megan Folbigg JUDGMENT OF : Wood CJatCL at 1

COUNSEL : M A G Tedeschi, QC (Crown) P Zahra SC (Senior Public Defender) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Crown) D J Humphreys (Legal Aid) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - accused charged with murder of four children, and one attempted murder - plea of not guilty - defence application to have trials heard individually and separately - Tendency and coincidence evidence. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Evidence Act 1995 DPP v P [1991] 2 AC 443 Gipp v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 106 Hoch v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 292 KRM v The Queen (2001) CLR 211 Perry v The Queen (1982) 150 CLR 580 Pfennig v The Queen (1995) 182 CLR 46 R v ACK NSWCCA 22 April 1996 R v AH (1997) 98 A Crim R 71 R v Bell [2002] NSWCCA 2 R v Benecke (1999) 106 A Crim R 282 R v Chamilos NSWCCA 24 October 1983 R v Colby [1999] NSWCCA 261 R v Clark [2000] EWCA 54 R v GK [2001] NSWCCA 413 R v Jackson [2001] NSWCCA 387 CASES CITED : R v Joiner [2002] NSWCCA 354 R v Lisoff [1999] NSWCCA 364 R v Lock (1997) 91 A Crim R 356 R v Lockyer (1996) 89 A Crim R 457 R v Martin [2000] NSWCCA 332 R v Phillips [1999] NSWSC 115 R v Serratore (1999) 48 NSWLR 101 R v Singh-Bal (1997) 92 A Crim R 397 R v Straffen [1952] 2 QB 911 R v Verma (1987) 30 A Crim R 441 R v WRC [2002] NSWCCA 210 R v Zappala NSWCCA 4 November 1991 Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573 Sutton v The Queen (1984) 153 CLR 528 Thompson v The Queen (1989) 169 CLR 1 Wilson v The Queen (1970) 123 CLR 334 DECISION : Application for separate trials refused. Tendency and coincidence evidence admissible on a limited basis.