Razzak v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 304

Reported Decision: 191 A Crim R 530

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Razzak v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 304

HEARING DATE(S): 11 November, 2008

JUDGMENT DATE: 16 December 2008

JUDGMENT OF: Allsop P at 1; Blanch J at 6; Hall J at 93

1. The appeal against conviction in respect of counts 4, 6 and 8 of the indictment allowed and the convictions and sentences quashed and verdicts of acquittal entered. DECISION: 2. The appeal against conviction in respect of counts 2 and 9 dismissed and the convictions confirmed. 3. Leave granted to appeal against the sentences on counts 2 and 9 but appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: Criminal law - length of jury deliberations - unsafe and unreasonable verdicts - circumstantial evidence - inconsistent verdicts - Evidence Act (leave to cross-examine under s38)

Crimes Act, 1900, s29, s33A(1), s33A(2), s93G(1)(b) LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act, 1912, s6(1), s6(3) Evidence Act, 1995, s38, s60, s66, s135, s137, s192

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Adam v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 96 Black v R [1993-1994] 179 CLR 44 Blewitt v The Queen (1988) 62 ALJR 503 Hargan v The Queen (1919) 27 CLR 13 Knight v The Queen (1992) 175 CLR 495 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606 Parker v R [1962-1963] 111 CLR 610 R v de Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 CASES CITED : R v Esposito (1998) 45 NSWLR 442 R v Le (2002) 54 NSWLR 474 R v Micallef (2003) 136 A Crim R 127 R v Mundine [2008] NSWCCA 55 R v Parkes (2993) 147 A Crim R 450 R(Cth) v Petroulias (No. 29) [2007] NSWSC 1005 R v Ronen [2004] NSWSC 1298 R v Stokes and Difford (1990) 51 A Crim R 25 Ratten v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR at 516 Weiss v The Queen (2005) 224 CLR 300 Whitehorn v The Queen (1983) 152 CLR 657