NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: STEVENS v REGINA [2007] NSWCCA 252
HEARING DATE(S): Wednesday 4 April 2007
JUDGMENT DATE: 28 August 2007
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJ at CL at 1; Hoeben J at 2; Hall J at 3
DECISION: Leave to appeal granted; appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: Criminal Law – Appeal against sentence – Evidence – Tendency and coincidence – Principles to apply - Whether the evidence had significant probative value – Substantial and relevant similarity – Strong circumstantial evidence – Supply of a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug – Sections 97, 98, 101, 136 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)
Drug Misuse & Trafficking Act 1985 LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 Law Reform (Controlled Operations) Act 1997
Regina v Fletcher [2005] NSWCCA 338 CASES CITED: Regina v Goodfellow (1994) 33 NSWLR 308 Regina v Hamzy (1994) 74 A Crim R 341 Regina v Zhang [2005] NSWCCA 437
PARTIES: STEVENS, Anthony Bernard v REGINA
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA No. 2006/4947
COUNSEL: App: P J D Hamill SC Crown: M A Wigney
SOLICITORS: App: Hardinlaw Crown: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 06/11/0118
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Berman DCJ
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 23 June 2006
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2006/4947
McCLELLAN CJ at CL HOEBEN J HALL J
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