NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: CJG v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 190
HEARING DATE(S): 14 June 2007
JUDGMENT DATE: 4 July 2007
JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at 1; Grove J at 2; Simpson J at 34
DECISION: Appeal dismissed
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - COUNTS CHARGING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITHOUT CONSENT AND INDECENT ASSAULT - CONVICTION ON COUNTS CHARGING INDECENT ASSAULT - APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION - PARTICULAR ADVANTAGES OF JURY INCLUDING VIDEO OF 9 YEAR OLD COMPLAINANT DESCRIBING EVENTS GIVING RISE TO CHARGES - VIDEO NO LONGER AVAILABLE - SINGLE GROUND OF APPEAL ALLEGING VERDICTS OF GUILTY UNREASONABLE - NO INCONSISTENCY IN JURY VERDICTS DEMONSTRATED - SUBMISSION THAT CREDIBILITY OF COMPLAINANT CHILD FATALLY FLAWED REJECTED
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900
M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 CASES CITED: MacKenzie v The Queen (1996) 196 CLR 348 R v Markuleski (2001) 52 NSWLR 82 Regina v NZ (2005) 63 NSWLR 628
PARTIES: CJG v Regina
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/694
COUNSEL: B. Rigg (Appellant) J. Dwyer (Respondent/Crown)
SOLICITORS: Meehan Legal (Appellant) S. Kavanagh (Respondent/Crown)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 03/21/3316
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Maguire DCJ
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 22/12/04
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 2007/694
HODGSON JA GROVE J SIMPSON J
Wednesday 4 July 2007 CJG v REGINA Judgment
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