NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 153 A Crim R 288
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: R v Georgiou R v Harrison [2005] NSWCCA 189
HEARING DATE(S): 2 February 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 18 May 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Sully J at 2; Hidden J at 3
DECISION: Appeal dismissed
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW: Appeals against conviction - murder (3) - evidence of appellants at trial alleged to have been concocted by them jointly - whether evidence amounted to lies demonstrating consciousness of guilt - use which might be made of those lies against each appellant - admissibility of evidence of a statement by one of the deceased - effect of ruling upon that evidence by judge in previous trial
LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995
R v Harrison and Georgiou [2001] NSWCCA 464 Edwards v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 193 Zoneff v The Queen (2000) 200 CLR 234 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 CASES CITED: The Queen v Ratten (1972) AC 378 Lee v The Queen (1998) 195 CLR 594 Subramaniam v Public Prosecutor (Malaya) [1956] 1 WLR 965 R v GK (2001) 53 NSWLR 317 R v Pettersen (unrep, 6 June 2002)
Regina (Crown) Konstantinos Georgiou (appellant) PARTIES: Regina (Crown) Bruce Malcolm Harrison (appellant)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2004/1783; 2004/2184
D Arnott (Crown) COUNSEL: G Wendler (appellant Georgiou) E Fullerton SC (appellant Harrison)
S Kavanagh (Solicitor for Public Prosecutions) SOLICITORS: Jordan Djundja Lawyers (appellant Georgiou) Michael Croke and Co (appellant Harrison)
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