Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 14] [2008] NSWSC 1438

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 14] [2008] NSWSC 1438

HEARING DATE(S) : 28/04/08

JUDGMENT DATE : 2 May 2008

JURISDICTION : Criminal

JUDGMENT OF : Whealy J at 1

DECISION : I decline to exclude the evidence of Moustafa Cheikho's identification.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Application to exclude evidence under s 138 of Evidence Act - No illegality or impropriety - Relationship between ASIO and AFP - Crimes Act (C'Wealth) - s 3ZO - Relevant factors under s 138 Evidence Act 1995

LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Commonwealth Crimes Act 1914 (Cth)

DPP v AM [2006] 161 A Crim R 219 R v Alexander (1991) 45 CLR 395 R v Baladjam & Ors [No 7}, unreported 15 April 2008 R v Coombe NSWCCA , Hunt CJ, Smart and McInerney JJ, 24 April 1997 - unreported BC9701438 CASES CITED : R v Coulstock (1998) 99 A Crim R 143 R v Cornwell [2003] 57 NSWLR 82 R v Petroulias (No 8) [2007] NSWSC 82 R v Petroulias (No 9) [2007] NSWSC 84 Robinson v Woolworths Limited [2005] 64 NSWLR 612

Regina (C'Wealth) v Omar BALADJAM [No 14] Regina (C'Wealth) v Khaled CHEIKHO Regina (C'Wealth) v Moustafa CHEIKHO Regina (C'Wealth) v Mohamed Ali ELOMAR PARTIES : Regina (C'Wealth) v Abdul Rakib HASAN Regina (C'Wealth) v Mohammed Omar JAMAL Regina (C'Wealth) v Mirsad MULAHALILOVIC Regina (C'Wealth) v Khaled SHARROUF Regina (C'Wealth) v Mazen TOUMA