Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 47] [2008] NSWSC 1466

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 47] [2008] NSWSC 1466

HEARING DATE(S) : 07/08/08; 18/08/08; 02/09/08

JUDGMENT DATE : 30 September 2008

JURISDICTION : Criminal

JUDGMENT OF : Whealy J at 1

DECISION : I decline to order the exclusion of the statement made by the accused

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Application to exclude statement made by accused at time arrest - Admissions influenced by oppressive conduct - Principles applicable to construction of s 84 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) - Meaning of oppressive conduct.

LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Crimes Act 1914

Higgins v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 56 Hugh Wily v Peter Gerald Fitz-Gibbon 1998) FCA 121, 2 March 1998 CASES CITED : R v Esposito (1998) 45 NSWLR 442; 105 A Crim R 27; R v Horton (1998) 45 NSWLR 426; 104 A Crim R 306 R v Ye Zang [2000] NSWSC 1099 Simpson J (at 44)

Regina (C'Wealth) v Omar BALADJAM [No 47] 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

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2007/2397001; 2007/2395001; 2007/2398001; 2007/2399001; 2007/2400001; 2007/2452001; 2007/2454001;

G. Bellew SC; C. Donnell; Ms S McNaughton - Crown M Buscombe SC; R Pontello - Accused Baladjam C Waterstreet; P Lange - Accused K Cheikho R Button SC; I Nash - Accused M Cheikho D Dalton SC; E Ozen - Accused Elomar COUNSEL : Ms D Yehia; Ms S Beckett - Accused Hasan T. Hale SC; G Scragg; D Carroll - Accused Jamal G Turnbull SC; A Djemal - Accused Mulahalilovic