NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 156 A Crim R 308
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: R v Fletcher [2005] NSWCCA 338
HEARING DATE(S): 24 May 2005, 25 May 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 23 September 2005
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJatCL at 1; Simpson J at 2; Rothman J at 75
DECISION: By Majority (Rothman J dissenting):; Appeal dismissed
CATCHWORDS: Criminal Law - Evidence - Prior Conduct - Tendency and Coincidence - Relevance - Principles to apply - Material to be considered - Time at which Judgment to be made - Exercise of discretion by trial judge - Common Law as a guide to Evidence Act - Weighing of probative value and prejudicial effect
Crimes Act 1900, s.61E, s.78K LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912, 2.5F(3A), s.6 Evidence Act 1995, s.55, s.56, s.97, s.98, s.101, s.102, s.135, s.137, Dictionary
Adam v R (2001) 207 CLR 96A .E. Terry's Motors Ltd v Rinder [1948] SASR 167 R v AH (1997) 42 NSWLR 702 Bell v Thompson (1934) 34 SR 431 Re: Bonny [1986] 2 Qd. R 80 Bonnard v London General Omnibus (1921) 38 RPC 1 Chatsworth Investments Ltd v Amoco (UK) Ltd [1968] 1 Ch 665 (C.A) Commissioner for Superannuation v Scott (1987) 13 FCR 404 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; 202 CLR 321 DPP v Boardman [1975] AC 421 DPP v Kilbourne [1973] AC 729 R v Ellis [2003] NSWCCA 319; 58 NSWLR 700; 144 A Crim R 1Fabre v Arenales (1992) 27 NSWLR 437 Fleming v Hutchinson; Conroy v Veit (1991) 66 ALJR 211 R v Fordham (1997) 98 A Crim R 359 Harriman v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 590 R v Harker [2004] NSWCCA 427, unreported, 2 December 2004 CASES CITED: Henry Burford [1932] 2 Ch 122 (C.A) Hoch v The Queen [1988] HCA 50; 165 CLR 292 House v the King [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 Jacara Pty Ltd v Perpetual Trustees WA Ltd [2000] FCA 1886; 106 FCR 51 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 R v Lock (1997) 91 A Crim R 356 R v Lockyer (1996) 89 A Crim R 457 Marc A Hammond Pty Ltd v Papa Carmine Pty Ltd (1977) 28 FLR 160 Mickelberg v The Queen [1989] HCA 35; 167 CLR 259 R v Milton [2004] NSWCCA 195, unreported, 18 June 2004 Re: Migliorini; ex parte Silk Brothers (1974) 22 FLR 491 Morgan v Babcock & Wilcox Ltd (1929) 43 CLR 163 R v Nassif [2004] NSWCCA 443, unreported, 16 December 2004 Noor Mohamed v The King [1949] AC 182 O'Brien Glass Industries Limited v Cool and Sons Pty Ltd t/a Wagga Windscreen Service (1983) 77 FLR 441 Palser v Grinling [1948] AC 291 Pfenning v The Queen (1995) 182 CLR 461 Tillmanns Butcheries Pty Ltd v AMIEU (1979) 42 FLR 331
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