BOUJAOUDE, Elia Elrob v R [2008] NSWCCA 35

Reported Decision: 181 A Crim R 281

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: BOUJAOUDE, Elia Elrob v R [2008] NSWCCA 35 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 12 October 2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 29 February 2008

JUDGMENT OF: Giles JA at 1; Hislop J at 58; Price J at 59

DECISION: (1) Time for filing the notice of appeal be extended to 15 June 2007; (2) Appeal allowed and conviction quashed; (3) Substitute a conviction for the offence of supplying a prohibited drug; (4) Remit the proceedings to the District Court for sentencing.

CATCHWORDS: Indictment - charge of supplying a prohibited drug - 279 grams of heroin - at the time less than the commercial quantity - Act thereafter amended so that was more than the commercial quantity - indictment presented that supplied not less than the commercial quantity "namely 279 grams of heroin" - verdict of guilty - whether indictment charged offence not known to the law - charged known offence - 279 grams was a particular - did not make indictment valid - conviction quashed but conviction supplying prohibited drug substituted.

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Berowra Holdings Pty Ltd v Gordon [2006] HCA 32; (2006) 225 CLR 364; Chanthaboury v R [2007] NSWCCA 229; Director of Public Prosecutions v Bhagwan [1972] AC 60, HL; Director of Public Prosecutions v Parmenter (1992) 1 AC 699; Griffiths v The Queen (1977) 137 CLR 293; Johnson v Miller (1937) 59 CLR 467; Kahatapitiye v The Queen [2004] WASCA 189; (2004) 146 A Crim R 542; Knaggs v Director of Public Prosecutions [2007] NSWCA 83; John L Pty Ltd v Attorney-General for New South Wales (1987) 163 CLR 508; Lodhi v R [2006] NSWCCA 121; (2006) 199 FLR 303; ex parte Lovell; re Buckley (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 153; McConnell Dowell Contractors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (No 2) (2002) NSWCCA 24; CASES CITED : Preston v Donohoe (1906) 3 CLR 1089; R v Aldridge (1993) 67 A Crim R 371; R v Ayres (1984) 1 AC 447; R v Browne (1987) 30 A Crim R 278; R v Cameron (1983) 2 NSWLR 66; R v Janceski [2005] NSWCCA 281; (2005) 64 NSWLR 13; R v Mai (1992) 26 NSWLR 371; R v MAJW [2007] NSWCCA 145; R v Molyneux (1980) 72 Cr App R 111; R v Puciarello, CCA, 4 June 1990 unreported; Rockdale Beef Pty Ltd v Industrial Relations Commission [2007] NSWCA 128; S v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 266; Stanton v Abernathy (1990) 19 NSWLR 656; Taylor v Environment Protection authority [2000] NSWCCA 71