LAB v REGINA [2006] NSWCCA 202

Reported Decision : 162 A Crim R 517

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: LAB v REGINA [2006] NSWCCA 202

HEARING DATE(S): 11 April 2006

JUDGMENT DATE: 30 June 2006

JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJ at CL at 1; Hoeben J at 102; Johnson J at 103

DECISION: 1. Appeal against conviction dismissed; 2. Grant leave to appeal against sentence but dismiss that appeal.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - sexual assault - whether Department of Community Services documents were admissible - whether Crown should have been permitted to split its case - application of the proviso - whether directions sufficiently corrected submissions regarding corroboration and motive to lie - whether directions failed to warn against reasoning towards guilt from findings on individual counts

LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act

ASIC v Rich (2005) 216 ALR 320 Conway v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 203 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427 F (1995) 83 A Crim R 502 Johnson v The Queen (2004) 78 ALJR 616 Killick v The Queen (1981) 147 CLR 565 KRM v R (2001) 74 ALJR 550 Longman v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 79 National Australia Bank v Rusu & Ors (1999) 47 NSWLR 309 Palmer v The Queen (1998) 193 CLR 1 CASES CITED: Papakomas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Cook [2004] NSWCCA 52 R v E (1996) 39 NSWLR 450 R v Jovanovic (1997) 42 NSWLR 520 R v Lozano (unreported, NSWCCA, 10 June 1997 R v Milton (2004) NSWCCA 195 R v ST (1997) 92 A Crim R 390 Roach & Ors v Page & Ors (No 27) [2003] NSWSC 1046 The Queen v Chin (1984) 157 CLR 671 Weiss v The Queen (2005) 223 ALR 662