Fleming v R [2009] NSWCCA 233

Reported Decision: 197 A Crim R 282[2010] ALMD 6965

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Fleming v R [2009] NSWCCA 233 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 13 August 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 11 September 2009

JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJatCL at 1; Grove J at 66; RA Hulme J at 67

DECISION: Appeal dismissed

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - admissibility of DNA evidence - whether evidence was obtained improperly - direction in relation to lies and false alibi - whether the judge erred in directing the jury as to the approach of DNA profiling evidence - Longman direction - unreasonable verdict - appeal dismissed

LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act (NSW)

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Crampton v The Queen [2000] HCA 60; (2000) 206 CLR 161 Dodds v R (2009) NSWCCA 78 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Longman v The Queen [1989] HCA 60; (1989) 168 CLR 79 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297 R v Abusafiah (1991) 24 NSWLR 531 R v Camilleri [2007] NSWCCA 36; 169 A Crim R 197 CASES CITED : R v Coulstock (1998) 99 A Crim R 143 R v Slattery [2002] NSWCCA 367 Ridgway v The Queen (1984) 184 CLR 19 Robinson v R [2006] NSWCCA 192 Robinson v Woolworths Limited [2005] NSWCCA 426; 64 NSWLR 612 Shepherd v R (1990) 170 CLR 573 Swaffield and Pavic v The Queen (1998) 192 CLR 159 Tofilau v The Queen; Marks v The Queen; Hill v The Queen; Clark v The Queen (2007) HCA 39; 231 CLR 396 Zoneff v The Queen [2000] HCA 28; (2000) 200 CLR 234