R v Madigan [2005] NSWCCA 170

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: R v Madigan [2005] NSWCCA 170

HEARING DATE(S): 12 April 2005

JUDGMENT DATE: 9 June 2005

JUDGMENT OF: Wood CJ at CL at 1; Grove J at 130; Hoeben J at 131

DECISION: 1. Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: Criminal Law - appeal against conviction - aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence - plea of not guilty - whether trial judge erred in admitting surveillance log book into evidence - whether trial judge erred by admitting voice identification evidence - admission of expert evidence.

Criminal Appeal Act 1912 - s 6 LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 - s 55, 56(1), 79,135, 137, 165(1)(b), 165(2),177

Butera v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Vic)(1987) 164 CLR 180 Domican v The Queen (1992) 173 CLR 555 Driscoll v The Queen (1977) 137 CLR 517 Festa v The Queen (2001) 208 CLR 593 Li v The Queen (2003) 139 A Crim R 281 CASES CITED: R v Gao [2003] NSWCCA 390 R v GK (2001) 53 NSWLR 317 R v Lansdell [1995] NSWCCA 22 May 1995 R v Leung (1999) 47 NSWLR 405 R v Riscuta and Niga [2003] NSWCCA 6 R v Storey (1978) 140 CLR 364

Regina PARTIES: Andrew Paul Madigan

FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2005/290

G Rowling (Crown) COUNSEL: T Watts

S Kavanagh SOLICITORS: S E O'Connor

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court

LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 02/31/0462

LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Patten DCJ

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