Swansson v R [2011] NSWCCA 29

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Swansson v R [2011] NSWCCA 29 Hearing dates: 13 August 2010 Decision date: 16 February 2011 Before: McClellan CJ at CL at 1 RS Hulme J at 2 Davies J at 77 Decision: Appeal against conviction dismissed. Catchwords: Aid, abet counsel or procure the commission of an offence - attempted importation of not less than the commercial quantity applicable to ecstasy - appellant's knowledge - Crown case circumstantial - whether the verdict is unreasonable - whether Crown's closing address prejudicial -whether adequate correction - whether jury should have been discharged. Legislation Cited: Customs Act 1901 (Cth), s 233B(1)(b) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 11.1(1) Cases Cited: R v R (1997) 99 A Crim R 327 Anderson (1991) 53 A Crim R 421 R v Hall (1960) 77 WN (NSW) 605 Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1988) 13 NSWLR 208 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427 R v El-Hayek (2004) NSWCCA 25 Swansson v R (2008) NSWCCA 56 Swansson v R (2007) NSWCCA 67 Category: Principal judgment Parties: David Anthony Swansson Regina Representation: Counsel: Mr W Roser SC (Crown) Mr J Stratton SC with Mr P Hogan (Appellant) Solicitors: Solicitor Commonwealth DPP (Crown) The Law Practice (Appellant) File Number(s): 2004/14999 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2009-05-13 00:00:00 Before: Zahra DCJ File Number(s): 2004/11/1410