NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Zaro v Regina [2009] NSWCCA 219
HEARING DATE(S): 17 August 2009
JUDGMENT DATE: 2 September 2009
JUDGMENT OF: Macfarlan JA at 1; Grove J at 79; Hoeben J at 80
DECISION: (1) Leave to appeal against sentence is granted. (2) The appeals as to conviction and sentence are dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeals against conviction and sentence for murder - partial defence of substantial impairment by abnormality of mind - reference by expert witness to material not in evidence - complaints about directions to jury not justified - no error in sentencing
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Camm v R [2009] NSWCCA 141 Doggett v R [2001] HCA 46; (2001) 208 CLR 343 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 R v A B [2005] NSWCCA 360 R v Baker [2000] NSWCCA 85 CASES CITED : R v De Souza (1997) 41 NSWLR 656 R v Forbes [2005] NSWCCA 377; (2005) 160 A Crim R 1 R v Jones (1986) 22 A Crim R 42 R v Ryan (1995) 90 A Crim R 191 R v Smyth (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 539 R v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131; (2004) 60 NSWLR 168
PARTIES: Jalal Zaro (Applicant) Regina (Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2005/2684003
COUNSEL: M C Ramage QC/S Buchen (Applicant) D Arnott SC/V Lydiard (Crown)
SOLICITORS: David Legal (Applicant) S Kavanagh, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Supreme Court
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