R v Milton [2004] NSWCCA 195

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Milton [2004] NSWCCA 195 HEARING DATE(S) : 18/11/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 June 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Tobias JA at 1; Hidden J at 2; Greg James J at 57 DECISION : Appeal against conviction dismissed. Application for leave to appeal against sentence granted, but appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW: Appeal against conviction - charges of homosexual intercourse and related charges - two complainants - whether evidence relating to each admissible in the case of the other as tendency evidence - whether other evidence available as confirmatory of complainants' evidence - adequacy of judge's directions about confirmatory evidence. - Application for leave to appeal against sentence - whether sentence on one count in compliance with Pearce v The Queen. Whether special circumstances should have been found in applicant's subjective case. Crimes Act, 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act, 1912 Evidence Act, 1995 BRS v The Queen (1977) 191 CLR 275 at 302 Eade v The King (1924) 34 CLR 155 at 158 Hoch v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 292 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 at 623-4 R v Connors [2000] NSWCCA 470 at [133] CASES CITED : R v Ellis [2003] NSWCCA 319 R v Guldur (1986) 8 NSWLR 12 at 15 R v Kalajzich & Anor (1989) 39 ACrim R 415 at 426 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 at [73] R v Tubou [2001] NSWCCA 243 at [15] R v Verma (1987) 30 ACrim R 441 at 445 The King v Baskerville [1916] 2 KB 658 at 667 PARTIES : Regina Paul Steven Milton FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60251/03 COUNSEL : D Woodburne - Crown T Golding - App SOLICITORS : CK Smith - Crown S O'Connor - App