R v Cook [2004] NSWCCA 52

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Cook [2004] NSWCCA 52 revised - 18/03/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 February 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 March 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Ipp JA at 1; Simpson J at 2; Adams J at 73 DECISION : Appeal against conviction allowed, verdict of guilty set aside, new trial ordered

CATCHWORDS : appeal against conviction - leave to appeal against sentence - threatening to inflict actual bodily harm by means of an offensive weapon with intent to have sexual intercourse - admission of evidence of flight - directions regarding consciousness of guilt - lies - the proviso to s6(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s61K(b) LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s61 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s137 Edwards v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 193 R v Bridgman (1980) 24 SASR 278 R v Fowler [2000] NSWCCA 142, unreported, 23 May 2000 R v Heyde (1990) 20 NSWLR 234 R v Lucas [1981] 1 QB 720 CASES CITED : R v Melrose [1989] 1QdR 572; (1987) 30 A Crim R 332 R v Power (1996) 87 A Crim R 407 (Court of Criminal Appeal, South Australia) R V Sutton (1986) 5 NSWLR 697 R v Taranto [1999] NSWCCA 396, unreported, 16 December 1999 Wilde v The Queen (1988) 164 CLR 365 Zoneff v The Queen [2000] HCA 23; 200 CLR 234 PARTIES : Crown - Respondent Daryl Norman Stanley Cook - Appellant FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60166/03 COUNSEL : B Knox SC - Crown CB Craigie SC - Appellant SOLICITORS : S Kavanagh - Crown M Wells - Appellant