R v LE [2002] NSWCCA 193

Reported Decision : (2002) 130 A Crim R 256

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v LE [2002] NSWCCA 193 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60413/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 May 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 May 2002

PARTIES : Anh Tuan LE - Appellant Crown - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Levine J at 110; Simpson J at 111

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 70046/00 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL McClellan J OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M C Ramage QC/CJC Dowd - Appellant P G Ingram - Crown SOLICITORS : Voros and Associates - Appellant S E O'Connor - Crown CATCHWORDS : MANSLAUGHTER - S6(1) of Criminal Appeal Act 1912 - s116 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 - statements read to jury - warning about weight to be given to deposition evidence - dock/court identification - warning about weight to be given to identification - verdict of jury unreasonable - dangerous to allow conviction to stand Criminal Procedure Act 1986 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 R v R (1989) 18 NSWLR 74 Doney v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 207 R v Prasard (1979) 23 SASR 161 R v Mendham & Foster (1993) 71 A Crim R 382 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 Davies & Cody v The King (1937) 57 CLR 170 Gipp v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 106 CASES CITED: Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 R v Saxon (1998) 1 VR 503 Alexander v The Queen (1981) 145 CLR 395 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297 Carusi v R (1997) 92 A Crim R 52 Gordon (Bankrupt) Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Pike (No 1) (Federal Court of Australia, 1 September 1995, unreported) Commonwealth of Australia v McLean (1996) 41 NSWLR 389 R v BD (1997) 94 A Crim R 131 DECISION : 1 Appeal upheld; 2 Verdict of 15 March 2001 quashed; 3 Direct a judgment and verdict of acquittal to be entered.