REGINA v WILKIE, BURROUGHS & MAINPRIZE [2005] NSWCCA 311

Reported Decision : 64 NSWLR 125 157 A Crim R 498

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

REGINA v WILKIE, BURROUGHS & MAINPRIZE [2005] NSWCCA 311 CITATION: This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 29 August 2005

JUDGMENT DATE: 29 August 2005

JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Ipp JA at 27; Adams J at 28

DECISION: Leave refused

CATCHWORDS: COMMONWEALTH CONSTITUTION - Trial by Jury - Whether witness giving evidence by video-link violates requirement that trial be held "in the State where the offence was committed" - s80 Commonwealth Constitution

Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Commonwealth Constitution: s80 Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1998: s 5B LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987: s31 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth): ss 68, 79 United States Constitution: Art III, par 2, cl 3; Sixth Amendment

Attorney-General (NSW) v Brewery Employees Union of NSW (1908) 6 CLR 469 Bell Group Ltd (in liq) v Westpac Banking Corporation (2004) 208 ALR 491 Brown v The Queen (1986) 160 CLR 171 Brownlee v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 278 Cheatle v The Queen (1993) 177 CLR 541 Director of Public Prosecutions v Alexander (1993) 33 NSWLR 482 Johnson v The Queen [2002] WASCA 78 Jumbunna Coal Mine NL v Victorian Coalminers' Association (1908) 6 CLR 309 Lipohar v The Queen (2000) 200 CLR 485 CASES CITED: Macleod v Attorney-General (NSW) [1891] AC 455 Maryland v Craig, 497 US 836 (1990) at 850 R v Cattell (1967) 86 WN Pt 1 391 R v Porter (2004) 61 NSWLR 384 R v Ronen [2004] NSWCCA 176 State of Minnesota v Sewell, 595 NW 2d 207 (Minn, 1999) United States v Baker, 45 F 3d 837 (4th Cir, 1995) United States v Gigante, 166 F 3d 75 (2nd Cir, 1999) United States v Johnson, 323 US 273 (1944) United States v Yates, 391 F 3d 1182 (11th Cir, 2004)