R v F [2002] NSWCCA 125

Reported Decision : (2002) 129 A Crim R 126

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v F [2002] NSWCCA 125 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60779/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 20/2/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 April 2002

PARTIES : Regina F JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Wood CJ at CL at 2; Bell J at 56

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 1/11/0497 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Hock DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : G I O Rowling (Crown) P Byrne SC (CCF) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor David Giddy & Associates CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Evidence - admissibility - tendency and coincidence - evidence of similar offences with other victims - possibility of concoction - complainants at same school, but of different ages with no reason to socialise together - indecent assault by teacher - joinder of counts or severance of counts - no formal orders made by judge. LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Evidence Act 1995 Barton v The Queen (1980) 147 CLR 75 BRS v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 275 Chow v DPP (1992) 28 NSWLR 593 Commonwealth v Mullane 1961) 106 CLR 166 Connolly v Director of Public Prosecutions (1964) AC 1254 De Jesus v The Queen (1986) 61 ALJR 1 Gipp v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 106 Hoch v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 292 KRM v The Queen (2001) 75 ALJR 550 The King v Snow (1915) 20 CLR 315 Legal Practitioners' Complaint Committee v A Practitioner (1987) 46 SASR 126 Pfennig v The Queen (1995) 182 CLR 461 Regina v ACK, NSWCCA 22 April 1996 Regina v AH (1997) 42 NSWLR 702 at 709 R v Bailey (1988) 36 A Crim R 633 CASES CITED: R v Bozatis and Spanakakis (1997) 97 A Crim R 296 Regina v Colby [1999] NSWCCA 261 Regina v Cooper, NSWCCA 24 February 1998, R v Georgiou (1999) NSWCCA 125 Regina v GLC, NSWCCA 31 March 2000 R v Lock (1997) 91 A Crim R 356 R v Lockyer (1996) 89 A Crim R 457 Regina v OGD (No 2) [2000] NSWCCA 404 R v Powch (1988) 14 NSWLR 136 R v Rogerson (1990) 45 A Crim R 253 Regina v Saunders (1994) 72 A Crim R 355 R v Steffan (1993) 30 NSWLR 633 Regina v T, NSWCCA 19 October 1988 Smith v The Queen (2001) 75 ALJR 1398 Sutton v The Queen (1984) 152 CLR 528 Thompson v The Queen (1989) 152 CLR 528 DECISION : Crown appeal dismissed. Leave to appeal granted to respondent, but appeal dismissed.