NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Hong v Regina [2009] NSWCCA 242
HEARING DATE(S): 14 September 2009 JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; McClellan CJatCL at 37; Grove J at 38
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE: 14 September 2009
1 Appeal allowed. DECISION: 2 The conviction and sentence quashed. 3 Direct a verdict of acquittal.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal and acquittal - verdict unreasonable or insupportable having regard to evidence - circumstantial case with single circumstance - fingerprints - hypothesis consistent with innocence not excluded
Chahine v R [2006] NSWCCA 179 Halmi v R [2008] NSWCCA 259 Mahmood v Western Australia [2008] HCA 1; (2008) 232 CLR 397 MFA v The Queen [2002] HCA 53; (2002) 213 CLR 606 M v The Queen [1994] HCA 63; (1994) 181 CLR 487 CASES CITED : Rasic v Regina [2009] NSWCCA 202 R v Forbes [2005] NSWCCA 377; (2005) 160 A Crim R 1 R v Ingivald (NSWCCA, 14 April 1989, unreported) R v Laing (NSWCCA, 20 June 1996, unreported) R v Zoef [2005] NSWCCA 268 R v Zouras [2002] VSCA 182
PARTIES: Gene Joseph Hong (Appellant) Regina (Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2008/ 8274
COUNSEL: P Hamill SC (Appellant) M M Cinque (Respondent)
SOLICITORS: Simon Joyner (Appellant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 2008/11/0489
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Macguire DCJ
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 11 December 2008
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