NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Regina v Lodhi [2006] NSWSC 672
JUDGMENT DATE : 31 May 2006
JUDGMENT OF : Whealy J at 1
DECISION : Decline to allow lies to be used as evidence of consciousness of guilt.
CATCHWORDS : Criminal law: lies as consciousness of guilt - circularity - need for independent or separate evidence to point to untruthfulness - lies confined to credibility issue
LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Code Act
Lodhi (NSWCCA 13 April 2006 per Spigelman CJ) R v Heyde (1990) 20 NSWLR 234 at 241G Edmonds v Edmonds (1935) VLR 177 at 186 Edwards v R (1993) 187 CLR 210 Zoneff v R [2000] 200 CLR 234 at 244 R v Sutton (1986) 5 NSWLR 697 at 701 per Street CJ R v Ray [2003] 57 NSWLR 616 at 632 per Wood CJ at CL CASES CITED : Wood "Criminal Law Update: Court of Criminal Appeal", Judicial Review Vol 4 (1999) 217 at page 236 Zheng v R (1995) 83 A Crim R 572 at 576-77 per Hunt CJ at CL R v S T (1997) A Crim R 390 at 394 Mercer v R (1993) 67 A Crim R 91 at 98 R v Middleton [2001] Crim L.R. 251 R v Harron (1996) Crim L.R. 581 at 583 R v Lucas (Ruth) (1981) QB 720 at 724 Richard Adam (1999) 106 A Crim R 510
PARTIES : Regina v Faheem Khalid Lodhi
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2005/1094
COUNSEL : Mr R. Maidment SC; Mr G. Bellew - Crown Mr P. Boulten SC; Mr P. Lange - Accused
SOLICITORS : DPP (Commonwealth) - Crown Michael Doughty Solicitor - Accused
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