CHAND v R [2011] NSWCCA 53

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: CHAND v R [2011] NSWCCA 53 Hearing dates: 14 March 2011 Decision date: 01 April 2011 Before: McClellan CJ at CL at 1 Blanch J at 2 Hoeben J at 3 Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: APPEAL - appeal against conviction - conviction on count of reckless wounding - allegation that motor vehicle intentionally driven at victim - whether Judge put defence case adequately to jury - whether admission of "complaint" evidence caused miscarriage of justice - whether adding of alternative statutory count in course of trial gave rise to a miscarriage of justice - admission of unfairly prejudicial evidence contrary to section 135 and 137 Evidence Act 1995 - application of s6(1) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (ie the proviso). Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: AS v Regina [2010] NSWCCA 218 CC v Regina [2010] NSWCCA 337 Coumbe v The Queen (1990) 101 FLR 466 De Gruchy v The Queen (2002) 211 CLR 85 Healy v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 235 R v Chai [2002] NSWCCA 512 R v Davis [1999] NSWCCA 15 R v King [2004] NSWCCA 20, (2004) 59 NSWLR at [110] R v Lykouras [2005] NSWCCA 8 R v Meher [2004] NSWCCA 335 Weiss v The Queen [2005] HCA 81, (2005) 224 CLR 300 at [35] Category: Principal judgment Parties: Hem Chand - Appellant Regina - Respondent Representation: Counsel: Mr P Lowe - Appellant Mr J Pickering - Crown Solicitors: S Singh - Appellant S Kavanagh, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions - Crown File Number(s): 2008/9327 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2009-09-25 00:00:00 Before: Neilson DCJ File Number(s): 2008/9327