Jiang v R [2010] NSWCCA 277

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Jiang v R [2010] NSWCCA 277

HEARING DATE(S): 18 October 2010

JUDGMENT DATE: 29 November 2010

JUDGMENT OF: Simpson J at 1; Hoeben J at 2; RA Hulme J at 3

DECISION: Appeal against conviction dismissed. Application for leave to appeal against sentence refused.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal and new trial - particular grounds of appeal - misdirection and non-direction - whether direction was required to warn against substitution of evidence of uncharged acts for charged acts - whether error in judge's comment that certain prosecution evidence had not been challenged or contradicted - CRIMINAL LAW - appeal and new trial - appeal against sentence - grounds for interference - whether sentence manifestly excessive - whether error in not finding special circumstances

Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Rules Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Evidence Act 1995

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Clarke v R [2009] NSWCCA 49 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 LJW v R [2010] NSWCCA 114 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 O'Leary v The King [1946] HCA 44; 73 CLR 566 Quayle v R [2010] NSWCCA 16 Qualtieri v R [2006] NSWCCA 95; 171 A Crim R 463 R v Adam [1999] NSWCCA 189; 106 A Crim R 510 CASES CITED : R v ATM [2000] NSWCCA 475 R v Baldwin [2004] NSWCCA 21 R v Cramp [2004] NSWCCA 264 R v Dixon [2001] NSWCCA 39 R v El-Hayek [2004] NSWCCA 25; 144 A Crim R 90 R v Li [2010] NSWCCA 125 R v Qin [2008] NSWCCA 189 RPS v The Queen [2000] HCA 3; 199 CLR 620 Toalepai v R [2009] NSWCCA 270