NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Makarov v R (No. 2) [2008] NSWCCA 292 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S): 5 May 2008 and 6 May 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 9 December 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Bell JA at 1; Johnson J at 1; McCallum J at 1
DECISION: Appeal against conviction dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against conviction - sexual assault offences - complainant a concert pianist student of Appellant - relevance of anecdotal evidence of lay witnesses concerning difficulty in performing as a concert pianist when under stress - claims of unfairness against Crown Prosecutor - claim that acquittal on one count rendered convictions unreasonable - claim that trial miscarried through failure to provide simultaneous headphone translation facilities - no error established - rational basis for different verdicts - no miscarriage of justice demonstrated - appeal against conviction dismissed
Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Evidence Act 1995 Evidence Amendment Act 2007 No. 46
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Makarov v R (No. 1) [2008] NSWCCA 291 Makarov v R (No. 3) [2008] NSWCCA 293 Ingles v R (Tas Court of Criminal Appeal, 4 May 1993, BC9300044) R v C (1993) 60 SASR 467 R v F (1995) 83 A Crim R 502 R v E (1997) 96 A Crim R 489 HG v The Queen [1999] 197 CLR 414 R v S (2001) 125 A Crim R 526 Bellemore v Tasmania (2006) 170 A Crim R 1 ( R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 TKWJ v The Queen (2002) 212 CLR 124 R v Livermore (2006) 67 NSWLR 659 Causevic v R [2008] NSWCCA 238 CASES CITED : Skipworth v R [2006] NSWCCA 37 R v Teasdale (2004) 145 A Crim R 345 Cornelius and Briggs v R (1988) 34 A Crim R 49 Libke v The Queen [2007] 230 CLR 559 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 R v Markuleski (2001) 52 NSWLR 82 Longman v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 79 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427 R v Murray (1987) 11 NSWLR 12 MacKenzie v The Queen (1996) 190 CLR 348 MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606 De La Espriella-Velasco v The Queen (2006) 197 FLR 125 R v Rostom (2007) 98 SASR 528 R v Kennedy (2000) 118 A Crim R 341
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