NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision: 194 A Crim R 408
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Dodds v R [2009] NSWCCA 78
HEARING DATE(S): 17 December 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 31 March 2009
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJatCL at 1; Simpson J at 127; Harrison J at 128
DECISION: 1. Appeal against conviction dismissed 2. Application for leave to appeal against sentence granted but appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - conspire to commit an armed robbery - appeal - evidence - specialised knowledge - Pig Latin evidence - probative value and prejudicial effect - police identities to be kept private - at a time or soon after - sentencing
Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 Law Enforcement and National Security (Assumed Identities) Act 1998 Jury Act 1977
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
De Simoni v R (1981) 147 CLR 383; 35 ALE 265 Kaliyanda v R [2007] NSWCCA 300 Lowe v R (1984) 154 CLR 606; 54 ALR 193 M v R (1994) 18 1 CLR 487 MFA v R (2002) CLR 606 CASES CITED : Nguyen v The Queen (2007) 173 A Crim R 557 Nicopoulos v Commissioner for Corrective Services (2004) NSWSC 562 R v Drollett [2005] NSWCCA 356 R v Habib [2005] NSWCCA 223 R v Henry 1999 46 NSWLR 346 R v Shamouil [2006] NSWCCA 112
PARTIES: Dwayne Kevin Dodds (Appellant) The Crown
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/3061
COUNSEL: J L Ghabrial (Appellant) G Rowling (Crown)
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