Regina v Thompson [2002] NSWCCA 149

Reported Decision : (2002) 130 A Crim R 24

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Thompson [2002] NSWCCA 149 revised - 21/05/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60176/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 12/04/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 May 2002

PARTIES : Regina (Cth) v John Samuel Thompson JUDGMENT OF : Ipp AJA at 1; Sully J at 86; Bell J at 87

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/11/3041 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Kinchington DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : R J Button (Appellant - On conviction) M M Cinque (Crown) SOLICITORS : D J Humphreys - Legal Aid Commission (Appellant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against conviction and sentence - whether trial conducted according to law - whether interventions by trial judge caused trial to become inquisitorial - whether by reason of the judge's interventions the appellant was denied a fair trial leading to a miscarriage of justice - principles. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 Galea v Galea (1990) 19 NSWLR 263 R v Mawson [1967] VR 205 Mercer (1993) 67 A Crim R 91 Jones v National Coal Board [1957] 2 QB 55 R v Esposito (1998) 45 NSWLR 442 R v E (1995) 89 A Crim R 325 R v Wilson and Grimwade [1995] 1 VR 163 CASES CITED: Yuill v Yuill [1945] 1 All ER 183 Bassett v Host [1982] 1 NSWLR 206 GIO ov NSW v Glasscock (1991) 13 MVR 521 R v Hopper [1915] 2 KB 431 Cain (1936) 25 Cr App R 204 Gilson and Cohen (1944) 29 Cr App R 174 R v Lewis (2001) NSWCCA 345 R v Edward Spencer Pearce (2001) NSWCCA 447 R v Bibaoui (1996) 87 A Crim R 527 R v Jackson (1998) 104 A Crim R 196 DECISION : See paras 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85.