NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 156 A Crim R 113
New South Wales Supreme Court
VELLA v. DPP [2005] NSWSC 897 CITATION : This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : Thursday 4 August 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 7 September 2005
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Hall J at 1
DECISION : Orders: (a) that the plaintiff be granted an extension of time for leave to appeal; (b) that the orders of the second defendant be vacated; (c) that the convictions be quashed; (d) that the matter be remitted back to the second defendant to be dealt with according to law; (e) no order as to costs.
CATCHWORDS : Plaintiff convicted of harassment and intimidation of a police officer - conduct - judicial notice taken of plaintiff's campaign against police - plea in bar - double punishment - charge of intimidation against the plaintiff subsumes the charge of harassment.
Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995
Pearce (1998) 194 CLR 612 Meller v. Low (2000) 48 NSWLR 517 O'Sullivan v. Lunnon (1986) 163 CLR 545 CASES CITED : Island Maritime Limited v. Filipowski [2004] NSWCCA 453 Mathews (1992) 64 A. Crim. R. 305 O'Connell 8 ER 1061
VELLA, David Anthony v. PARTIES : DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC No. 12570 of 2005
Plaintiff: J. Stratton, SC. COUNSEL : Defendant: P.I. Lakatos
Plaintiff: S. E. O'Connor SOLICITORS : Defendant: S.C. Kavanagh
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Local Court
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : J. Stephenson, LCM.
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