JOVANOVSKI v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NSW) [2009] NSWCCA 284

Reported Decision: 198 A Crim R 279

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: JOVANOVSKI v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NSW) [2009] NSWCCA 284

HEARING DATE(S): 20 July 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 27 November 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Basten JA at 1; Hulme J at 76; Johnson J at 135

DECISION: (1) With respect to the convictions on counts 1, 4 and 7, grant leave to appeal but dismiss the appeal in each case. (2) With respect to the application for leave to appeal against sentence, refuse the application.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal against convictions – verdict unreasonable or unsupportable having regard to evidence – prosecution case based on evidence of complainant – applicant convicted on some counts but acquitted on others – whether verdicts inconsistent – whether rational basis for inconsistency between verdicts – whether convictions unreasonable or unsupportable – Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6(1) - WORDS & PHRASES – "inconsistent verdicts" – "miscarriage of justice" – "unsafe or unsatisfactory"

LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5, 6 Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (UK), s 2

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Chidiac v The Queen [1991] HCA 4; 171 CLR 432 Fleming v The Queen [1998] HCA 68; 197 CLR 250 Gilbert v The Queen [2000] HCA 15; 201 CLR 414 Gipp v The Queen [1998] HCA 21; 194 CLR 106 Hargan v The Queen [1919] HCA 45; 27 CLR 13 Jones v The Queen [1997] HCA 12; 191 CLR 439 Lajciak v The Queen [1999] NTSC 82 CASES CITED : M v The Queen [1994] HCA 63; 181 CLR 487 Mackenzie v The Queen [1996] HCA 35; 190 CLR 348 MFA v The Queen [2002] HCA 53; 213 CLR 606 R v Kirkman (1987) 44 SASR 591 R v Markuleski [2001] NSWCCA 290; 52 NSWLR 82 Regina v Cooper (Sean) [1969] 1 QB 267 TK v R [2009] NSWCCA 151 Whitehorn v The Queen [1983] HCA 42; 152 CLR 657