NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : R v Gilham [2007] NSWSC 231
HEARING DATE(S) : 09/10/2006, 10/10/2006,11/10/2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 21 March 2007
JUDGMENT OF : Howie J at 1
DECISION : The application for a stay of the indictment is refused.
CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Practice and Procedure - Ex officio indictment for two counts of murder - stay of proceedings as abuse of process - delay and loss of evidence - oppression from multiple proceedings - double jeopardy following plea of guilty to manslaughter - Sentencing - effect of sentencing remarks on agreed facts - inconsistent conduct by Crown - Double jeopardy - effect of plea of guilty to manslaughter on indictment for murder - subsequent proceedings for murder of different victims.
Coroner's Act 1980 - s 19 Crimes Appeal and Review Act 2001 - s 102 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 - s 394A Criminal Procedure Act 1986 - ss 153, 391 Evidence Act 1977 (Qld) - s 132C Crimes Act (Vic) - s 391
The Queen v Carroll (2002) 213 CLR 653 R v Adler (NSWCCA, unreported, 11 June 1992) R v Goldburg (NSWCCA, unreported, 23 February 1993) R v VPH (NSWCCA, unreported, 4 March 1994) R v Tolmie (NSWCCA, unreported, 7 December 1994) Jago v District Court (1989) 168 CLR 23 R v RWO [2002] NSWCCA 133 R v Helmling (NSWCCA, unreported, 11 November 1993) R v Slattery [2002] NSWCCA 367 R v Griffin [2006] ACTSC 77 Holmden v Bitar (1987) 47 SASR 509 Duncombe-Wall v Police [1998] SASC 6754 R v Davis (1995) 57 FCR 512 Barton v The Queen (1980) 147 CLR 75 R v Garjee (English Court of Appeal, unreported, 20 September 1994) Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Island Maritime Ltd v Filipowski (2006) 80 ALJR 1168 R v Maxwell (1994) 34 NSWLR 606 CASES CITED : R v Naraindeen (1990) 75 OR (2d) 120 Mraz v The Queen (No. 2) (1956) 96 CLR 62 Maxwell v The Queen (1996) 184 CLR 501 Chow v DPP (1992) 28 NSWLR 593 R v Palu (2002) 134 A Crim R 174 Walton v Butler [2004] QCA 465, (2004) 150 A Crim R 341 R v K; Ex parte Attorney General (Qld) [2002] QCA 260; (2002) 132 A Crim R 108 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Garrett v The Queen (1977) 139 CLR 437 R v Storey (1978) 140 CLR 364 R v Calcedo [1986] VR 499 R v Young [1998] 1 VR 402 R v Z [2000] 2 AC 483 R v Degnan [2001] 1 NZLR 280 R v VN [2006] VSCA 111 Walton v Gardner (1993) 177 CLR 378 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 R v Swingler (1995) 80 A Crim R 471 R v Gagliardi and Filipidis (1987) 45 SASR 418 R v Bloomfield [1997] 1 Cr App R 135
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