NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 142 A Crim R 527
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v Betancur-Galvis [2003] NSWCCA 333 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 October 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 November 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J at 1; Hulme J at 49; Hidden J at 50 DECISION : Appeal allowed; conviction and sentence quashed; new trial ordered.
CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - trial by jury - trial judge misdirected jury - whether case appropriate for application of proviso to s6 of Criminal Appeal Act. LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act, s 6 Azzopardi v The Queen; Davis v The Queen (2001) 205 CLR 50 Driscoll v The Queen (1977) 137 CLR 517 Festa v The Queen (2001) 208 CLR 593 CASES CITED : Glennon v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 1 Krakouer v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 202 Mraz v The Queen (1995) 93 CLR 493 R v Storey (1978) 140 CLR 364 Wilde v The Queen (1987-88) 164 CLR 365 PARTIES : Regina v Jaime de Jesus Betancur-Galvis FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60792/01 COUNSEL : M. Cinque (Crown) H. Dhanji (Appellant) SOLICITORS : Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales (Appellant)
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 00/11/0924 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Christie DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 60792/01
STUDDERT J HULME J HIDDEN J
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