NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Jones v R [2010] NSWCCA 117
HEARING DATE(S): 17 May 2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 4 June 2010
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJatCL at 1; Simpson J at 2; RA Hulme J at 3
DECISION: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal allowed. Convictions quashed. Verdicts of acquittal entered.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against conviction - sexual assault and larceny - verdicts unreasonable or cannot be supported - no question of principle
LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Dodds v R [2009] NSWCCA 78 CASES CITED : R v Appellant W, Court of Criminal Appeal, 9 March 1990, unreported R v Sloane [2001] NSWCCA 421; 126 A Crim R 188
TEXTS CITED: Who is telling the truth? Psychology, common sense and the law, McClellan CJ at CL, (2006) 80 ALJ 655
PARTIES: Stephen Reginald Jones (Applicant) Regina (Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2008/6200
COUNSEL: Mr R Button SC (Applicant) Ms M Cinque (Respondent)
SOLICITORS: Legal Aid Commission Solicitor for Public Prosecutions
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 2008/6200
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Neilson DCJ
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 28 August 2009
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 2008/6200
McCLELLAN CJ at CL SIMPSON J R A HULME J
4 June 2010 Stephen Reginald JONES v Regina Judgment
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate