NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Fernando v R [2008] NSWCCA 97 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S): 27 March 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 7 May 2008
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJ at CL at 1; Simpson J at 2; Price J at 3
DECISION: Appeal against conviction dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: Criminal law - conviction appeal - sexual crimes - different jury verdicts - jury verdicts not unreasonable
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900 s 61M, s 66C(3), s 66C(4), Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 6(1),
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 CASES CITED : MacKenzie v The Queen (1996) 190 CLR 348 MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606 R v Kiskarpati (Court of Criminal Appeal, 4 November 1998, unreported)
PARTIES: Kurukulasuriya Fernando Regina
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/3086
COUNSEL: A Francis (Applicant) L Wells (Respondent)
SOLICITORS: Barber Lawyers (Applicant) S Kavanagh (Director of Public Prosecutions)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 06/21/3181
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Cogswell SC DCJ
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 31 May 2007
LOWER COURT MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION: Regina v KF
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 2007/3086
McCLELLAN CJ AT CL SIMPSON J PRICE J
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