NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: MB v Regina [2009] NSWCCA 200
HEARING DATE(S): 22 June 2009
JUDGMENT DATE: 19 August 2009
JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; McClellan CJatCL at 77; Johnson J at 78
DECISION: 1 Time to lodge appeal extended. 2 Appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal and new trial - miscarriage of justice - conduct of defence counsel – incompetence – advice about giving evidence, conduct of cross-examination and treatment of evidence - CRIMINAL LAW - appeal and new trial - particular grounds of appeal - misdirection and non-direction - direction as to self-defence - Pemble direction
LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912
Ali v The Queen [2005] HCA 8; (2005) 79 ALJR 662 Atirut Sungsuwan v The Queen [2005] NZSC 57; [2006] 1 NZLR 730 Nudd v R [2006] HCA 9; (2006) 80 ALJR 614 Pemble v The Queen (1971) 124 CLR 107 TKWJ v The Queen [2002] HCA 46; (2002) 212 CLR 124 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677; (1990) 48 A Crim R 385 CASES CITED : R v Ignjatic (1993) 68 A Crim R 333 R v Kyriacou [2000] SASC 312 R v Marshall, Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 17 July 1990, unreported R v Muratovic [1967] Qd R 15 R v Strang, Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 10 December 1990, unreported R v Szabo [2000] QCA 194; (2000) 112 A Crim R 215 Zecevic v DPP (Vic) (1987) 162 CLR 645
PARTIES: MB (Appellant) Regina (Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2005/ 3317
COUNSEL: S Torpey (Appellant) L Babb SC (Respondent)
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