BURRELL v REGINA [2009] NSWCCA 193

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: BURRELL v REGINA [2009] NSWCCA 193

HEARING DATE(S): 25 May 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 31 July 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Giles JA at 1; Howie J at 154; Buddin J at 155

DECISION: Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: Criminal law - murder - conviction appeal - whether verdict unreasonable or could not be supported having regard to the evidence - circumstantial case - necessity to consider combination and totality of circumstances - significance of jury bringing to bear their common experience of human affairs and common sense - open to jury to be satisfied of guilt beyond reasonable doubt - whether trial miscarried because of pre-trial publicity bringing adverse notoriety - note from jury enquiring about evidence of motivation and character - did not indicate jury was influenced by the publicity - nor was the publicity such that there was a miscarriage of justice - appeal dismissed.

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Black v The Queen (1993) 179 CLR 44; BJR v R [2008] NSWCCA 43; Chahine v R [2006] NSWCCA 179; Gilbert v The Queen [2000] HCA 15; (2000) 201 CLR 414; Halmi v R [2008] NSWCCA 259; John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v District Court of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 324; [2004] 61 NSWLR 344; Plomp v The Queen (1963) 110 CLR 234; The Queen v Glennon [1992] HCA 16; (1992) 173 CLR 592; R v Burrell [2004] NSWCCA 185; R v Crowther-Wilkinson [2004] NSWCCA 249; CASES CITED : R v Dudco [2002] NSWCCA 336; (2002) 132 A Crim R 371; R v Forbes [2005] NSWCCA 377; (2005) 160 A Crim R 1; R v Hillier [2007] HCA 13; (2007) 228 CLR 618; R v Jamal [2008] NSWCCA 177; (2008) 72 NSWLR 258; R v Kaddour [2005] NSWCCA 303; (2005) 156 A Crim R 11; R v Kaldor [2004] NSWCCA 425; (2004) A Crim R 271; R v Keenan [2009] HCA 1; (2009) 83 ALJR 243; R v Micallef [2002] NSWCCA 480; R v Tripodina & Morabito (1988) 35 A Crim R 183; Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573; Skaf v R [2008] NSWCCA 303; Zaphir v R [2009] NSWCCA 124.