Standen v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2011] NSWCCA 187

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Standen v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2011] NSWCCA 187 Hearing dates: 2 March 2011 Decision date: 04 March 2011 Before: Hodgson JA at 1; Adams J at 32; Hall J at 36 Decision: 1. The application for leave to appeal under s.5F is refused. 2. The court orders there be no publication of the s.5F proceedings or of the court's reasons and orders until the conclusion of the trial. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - Abuse of process - Bringing of separate counts for what is in substance one offence - Charges of conspiracy to import a border controlled precursor and of knowing participation in an attempt to supply a prohibited drug - Whether total alleged criminality captured by one charge - Whether any reasonable possibility of different jury verdicts - Held not to be an abuse of process. Legislation Cited: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 135ASB(1) and 135ASC(1) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 5F Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) ss 11.5, 300.2, 300.4, 307.11, 307.12, 314.6, 400.6 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 ss 3, 6, 25 Cases Cited: Blay v R [2006] WASCA 248; (2006) 205 FLR 414 Conway v The Queen [2000] FCA 461 Environment Protection Authority v Australian Iron and Steel Pty Limited (1992) 28 NSWLR 502 R v Campbell [2008] NSWCCA 214; (2008) 73 NSWLR 272 R v El Helou [2010] NSWCCA 111 Regina v Jones; Regina v Hili [2010] NSWCCA 108 Regina v Milne (No 1) (unreported, 19 August 2010) Nahlous v R [2010] NSWCCA 58 Pearce v The Queen [1998] HCA 57; (1998) 194 CLR 610 Thorne v Regina [2009] NSWCCA 294 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mark William STANDEN (Applicant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) Representation: Counsel M J Ierace SC/ G Farmer (Applicant) T Game SC/ H Dhanji SC/ S Buchen (Respondent) Solicitors Elliott Lawyers (Applicant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/8922 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2011-02-17 00:00:00 Before: James J File Number(s): 2009/8922