NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: AW v REGINA [2009] NSWCCA 1
HEARING DATE(S): 30 September 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 30 January 2009
JUDGMENT OF: Bell JA at 1; Latham J at 2; Fullerton J at 58
DECISION: Appeal Dismissed
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - Appeal against conviction on child sexual assault offences - Whether error in Black direction - Whether error in the admission of tendency evidence - Adequacy of Longman direction - Suggestion to jury to approach counts in the indictment sequentially - appeal dismissed.
LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 Criminal Appeal Act 1912
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Black v The Queen (1993) 179 CLR 44 R v Forbes (2005) 160 A Crim R 1 ; [2005] NSWCCA 377 R v Yuill (1994) 77 A Crim R 314 Picken v R [2007] NSWCCA 319 Longman v The Queen [1989] HCA 60; 168 CLR 79 Crampton v The Queen [2000] HCA 60; 206 CLR 161 Doggett v The Queen [2001] HCA 46; 208 CLR 343 ; R v Johnston (1998) 45 NSWLR 362 R v BWT [2002] NSWCCA 60; 54 NSWLR 241 R v Kesisyan [2003] NSWCCA 259 R v SY [2004] NSWCCA 297 CASES CITED : R v DRE [2004] NSWCCA 305 DPW v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 295 ; (2006) 164 A Crim R 583 R v DRE (2006) 164 A Crim R 400 ; [2006] NSWCCA 280 R v MM [2004] NSWCCA 364 R v Milton [2004] NSWCCA 195 R v Fletcher [2005] NSWCCA 338 ; (2005) 156 A Crim R 308 R v Lockyer (1996) 89 A Crim R 457 Norris v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 235 ; (2007) 176 A Crim R 42 KJR v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 165 ; (2007) 173 A Crim R 226 Perez v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 46
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