NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Regina v ARVIDSON [2008] NSWCCA 135
HEARING DATE(S): 13 May 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 20 June 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Johnson J at 59; McCallum J at 60
DECISION: 1. Appeal allowed; 2. Set aside the decision of the trial judge excluding the evidence of the edited video tapes and the evidence of Mr Rorke.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – Crown Appeal pursuant to Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 5F(3A) – exclusion of prejudicial evidence - whether exclusion eliminates or substantially weakens prosecution case – jurisdiction to hear appeal - jurisdictional question to be determined on the whole of the evidence in Crown case - CRIMINAL LAW – Crown Appeal - Evidence Act 1995 s 137 - exclusion of prejudicial evidence - whether probative value of evidence outweighed by prejudice – excluded evidence held to form part of a circumstantial case - exclusion unreasonable
Crimes Act 1900, ss156, 158 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s 5F(3A) Evidence Act 1995, s 137
Festa v R [2001] HCA 72; 208 CLR 593 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 CASES CITED : R v Blick [2000] NSWCCA 61; (2000) 111 A Crim R 326 R v Shamouil [2006] NSWCCA 112; (2006) 66 NSWLR 228 Vickers v R [2006] NSWCCA 60; (2006) 160 A Crim R 195
PARTIES: Regina (Appellant) Elizabeth Karen ARVIDSON (Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/13557
COUNSEL: L Lamprati SC (Appellant) P Strickland (Respondent)
SOLICITORS: Solicitor for Public Prosecution (Appellant) Legal Aid Commission (Respondent)
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