NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision: 192 A Crim R 105
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Muldoon v R; Carter v R [2008] NSWCCA 315
HEARING DATE(S): 2 December 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 18 December 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at 1; James J at 49; Price J at 50
DECISION: The appeals of the appellants against their conviction dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – Appeal against conviction- Evidence of police dog handler concerning tracking by tracker-dog – Whether admissible as expert evidence – Whether danger of unfair prejudice – Whether jury's verdict unreasonable.
LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 79, 137
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
R v Benecke [1999] NSWCCA 163; (1999) 106 A Crim R 282 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63; (2000) 205 CLR 337 Re JRL (1986) 161 CLR 342 Johnson v Johnson [2000] HCA 48; (2000) 201 CLR 488 R v Kearns [2003] NSWCCA 367 R v Keller [2006] NSWCCA 204 CASES CITED : R v Nguyen [2007] NSWCCA 249 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 McCreed v The Queen [2003] WASCA 275 Makita (Australia) Pty Limited v Sproules [2001] NSWCA 305; (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 R v Joe Saccu (unreported, Victorian Court of Criminal Appeal, 13 February 1980) Pieterson and Holloway v R [1995] 2 Cr App Rep 11 Vakauta v Kelly (1988) 13 NSWLR 502
Stuart George MULDOON (Appellant) PARTIES: David Benjamin CARTER (Appellant) REGINA (Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2008/0168; 2008/0355
COUNSEL: A HAESLER SC/ Ms B O'REILLY (Appellants) Ms J A GIRDHAM (Crown)
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