Regina v Cheatham [2002] NSWCCA 360

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Cheatham [2002] NSWCCA 360 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60461/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 February 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 August 2002

PARTIES : Regina v Stephen Darcy Cheatham JUDGMENT OF : Smart AJ at 1; Beazley JA at 137; Bell J at 147

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 70058/98 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Grove J OFFICER :

COUNSEL : (A) R D Ellis (C) P R Boulten SOLICITORS : (A) D J Humphreys (C) S E O'Connor CATCHWORDS : Directions as to Diminished Responsibility adequate - Discussion of directions to be given - No points taken at trial by experienced senior counsel - critical issues left to jury - Sentencing - Allowance for mental illness and sentence being served in protection. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 s.23A(1) Criminal Appeal Rules R v Ryan (1995) 90 A Crim R 191 at 195 R v Gieselmann CCA 12 November 1996 R v Wilde (1988) 164 CLR 365 at 373 R v Byrne [1960] 2 QB 396 at 403 R v Chayna (1993) 66 A Crim R 178 at 179 R v Tumanako (1992) 64 A Crim R 149 at 159 R v Turnbull (1977) 65 Cr App R 242 R v Spriggs [1958] 1 QB 270 R v Trotter (1993) 68 A Crim R 536 at 537 CASES CITED: Azzopardi & Davis (2001) 119 A Crim R 8 at 22 H M Advocate v Braithwaite 1945 SC (J) 55 R v Champion (1992) 64 A Crim R 244 at 254 R v Letteri CCA, unrep. 18 March 1992 R v AB (1999) 198 CLR 111 at 152 R v Davies (1978) 68 Cr App R 319 R v Perez-Vargas (1986) 8 NSWLR 559 at 563 R v Gardiner [2002] NSWCCA 209 R v Bus, unrep. NSWCCA 3 November 1995 R v Elchami, unrep NSWCCA 15 December 1995 R v Jarman [2001] NSWCCA 178 DECISION : See para 136