KRISHNA v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NSW) [2007] NSWCCA 318

Reported Decision: 178 A Crim R 220

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: KRISHNA v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NSW) [2007] NSWCCA 318

HEARING DATE(S): 28 August 2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 23 November 2007

JUDGMENT OF: Basten JA at 1; Latham J at 41; Rothman J at 42

(1) Grant leave to appeal against sentence, and, if necessary, against conviction.

DECISION: (2) Dismiss the appeal against conviction.

(3) Dismiss the appeal against sentence.

CRIMINAL APPEAL – conviction appeal – leave required where grounds not limited to questions of law CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL APPEAL – whether failure to call witness constituted a miscarriage of justice – failure by prosecution to produce weapon – whether issue in prosecution case unsupported by evidence SENTENCE – whether offence fell within mid-range of objective seriousness

Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 98 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 44, Part 4, Div 1A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5, 6 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 65

Attorney General for the State of NSW v X (2000) 49 NSWLR 653 Australian Gas Light Company v Valuer-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126 Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gaevert (1996) 186 CLR 389 Haider v JP Morgan [2007] NSWCA 158 Hutchinson v RTA [2000] NSWCA 332 CASES CITED: M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 Morris v The Queen (1987) 163 CLR 454 Mulato v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 282 Ormwave Pty Limited v Smith [2007] NSWCA 210 R v R (1989) 18 NSWLR 74 Richardson v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 116 Williams v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 278