NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 59 NSWLR 515 144 A Crim R 405
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v King [2004] NSWCCA 20 HEARING DATE(S) : 10 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 February 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Grove J at 1; Smart AJ at 21; Davidson AJ at 119 DECISION : Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, new trial ordered.
CATCHWORDS : Robbery alternative verdict at common law to armed robbery with offensive weapon - circumstances in which judge should leave lesser offence than that charged to jury - principle extends beyond murder/manslaughter - importance of jury having choice where legitimate LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Drug Misuse & Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Archbold Criminal Pleading Evidence & Practice 42nd ed (1985) para 7-44 Benbolt (1993) 67 A Crim R 11 Elfar (2000) 115 A Crim R 64 Elliott and Hitchins [1983] 3 NSWLR 318 Fairbanks [1986] 1 WLR 1202 Gammage v The Queen (1969) 122 CLR 444 Gilbert v The Queen (2000) 201 VLR 414 Jones v Dunkel CASES CITED : Gillard v The Queen [2003] HCA 64 Maxwell 1988 WLR 1265 Mraz v The Queen (1955) 93 CLR 493 Pemble v The Queen 124 CLR 107 Rehavi (1998) 101 A Crim R 569 R v Cameron (1983) 2 NSWLR 66 R v Fowler [2003] NSWCCA 321 R v Parrott (1913) 8 Cr App R 186 Reg v Saunders (1986) 1 WLR 1163 PARTIES : Regina v Mathew James King FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60309/03 COUNSEL : (A) M Ramage QC (C) D Arnott SOLICITORS : (A) M Rumore (C) C K Smith
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