NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Adam PEACOCK v R & Brendan PEACOCK v R [2008] NSWCCA 264
HEARING DATE(S): 24 October 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 14 November 2008
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJ at CL at 1; Nettle AJA at 2; Simpson J at 24
DECISION: Appeal dismissed
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against conviction - wound with intent to murder - detain for advantage - whether miscarriage of justice - failure by Crown to call witness - admissibility of evidence - fact in issue - credibility of witness - collateral evidence rule - appeal dismissed
Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 Criminal Appeal Act 1912
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Whitehorn v The Queen (1983) 152 CLR 657 R v Apostilides (1984) 154 CLR 563 R v Kneebone (1999) 47 NSWLR 450 AG v Hitchcock (1847) 1 Ex 91 R v Harrington [1998] 3 VR 531 Nicholls v The Queen (2005) 219 CLR 196 Piddington v Bennett & Wood Pty Ltd [1940] HCA 2; 63 CLR 533 CASES CITED : Nudd v The Queen (2006) 225 ALR 161 AK v Western Australia (2008) 232 CLR 438 Weiss v The Queen [2005] HCA 81; (2005) 224 CLR 300 R v Basha (1989) 39 A Crim R 337 R v Nicoletti & Tolone [2006] VSCA 175 Palmer v The Queen [1998] HCA 2; 193 CLR 1 R v Funderburk [1990] 1 WLR 587; [1990] 2 All ER 482 Adam v The Queen [2001] HCA 57; 207 CLR 96 R v Chen [2002] NSWCCA 174
TEXTS CITED: Cross on Evidence at [19045]
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