R v Sophear Em [2003] NSWCCA 374

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Sophear Em [2003] NSWCCA 374 HEARING DATE(S) : 03/10/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 December 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Ipp JA at 1; Hulme J at 2; Howie J at 3 DECISION : Appeal allowed. Order that the order made by Shaw J rejecting the evidence of the conversation of 15 May 2001 be vacated.

CATCHWORDS : Evidence - Admissibility - Admissions - Police secretly record conversation with suspect - Failure to fully caution - persistent questioning - Whether evidence obtained improperly or whether admission of evidence unfair or unfairly prejudicial - Application of statutory discretions Criminal Appeal Act (1912) (NSW) , s. 5F; LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act (1995) (Cth)- s. 138, 90, 137, 138(3), 84, 85, 139, 139(5), 139(1), 138(2),138(1). Crimes Act (1914) (Cth) Pt 10A , 355(2) Listening Devices Act 1984 (NSW). Bozatsis and Spanakis (1997) 97 A Crim R 296; R v Lisoff [1999] NSWCCA 364; R v Phan [2003] NSWCCA 205; R v Lavery (1978) 19 SASR at 526-527; Swaffield and Pavic v The Queen (1997) 192 CLR 159; Foster v The Queen (1993) 67 ALJR 550 ; R v Clarke (1997) 97 A Crim R 414; Van Der Meer v The Queen (1988) 62 ALJR 656; Duke v The Queen (1989) 180 CLR 508; CASES CITED : R v Singh-Bal (1997) 92 A Crim R 397; R v R (1989) 18 NSWLR 74; Doney v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 207; R v BD (1997) 94 A Crim R 131; R v Serratore (1999) 48 NSWLR 101; Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297; R v Yates [2002] NSWCCA 520; R v Taylor [2003] NSWCCA 194; R v GK (2001) 53 NSWLR 317; Festa v The Queen (2001) 208 CLR 593; PARTIES : The Crown; Sophear Em. FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60375/03 COUNSEL : Applicant: J. Bennett S.C. Respondent: R. Hulme S.C, L. Flannery SOLICITORS : Applicant: C. K. Smith Respondent: N. Marshall