RILEY v R [2011] NSWCCA 238

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: RILEY v R [2011] NSWCCA 238 Hearing dates: 31 May 2011 Decision date: 14 September 2011 Before: McClellan CJ at CL at [1] Hoeben J at [165] Grove AJ at [166] Decision: 1. Appeal upheld. 2. Quash the conviction in relation to counts 1, 4 and 7 and order that verdicts of acquittal be entered with respect to those counts. Catchwords: CRIMINAL APPEAL - provision of drugs to a person who dies or falls ill - meaning of cause a person to take a drug - insufficient evidence to constitute tendency - unreasonable verdicts - appeal upheld - convictions quashed and acquittals ordered. Legislation Cited: Offences Against the Person Act 1861 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Evidence Act Cases Cited: Em v R [2006] NSWCCA 336 Em v The Queen (2007) 232 CLR 67 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 O'Sullivan v Truth & Sportsman Ltd (1957) 96 CLR 220 R v Burns [2011] NSWCCA 56. R v Em [2003] NSWCCA 374 R v Ford [2009] NSWCCA 306 R v Kennedy (No. 2) [2008] 1 AC 269 R v Moffatt [2000] NSWCCA 174; (2000) 112 A Crim R 201 R v Nelson [2004] NSWCCA 231 R v PL [2009] NSWCCA 256 R v SJRC [2007] NSWCCA 142 R v Wilhelm [2010] NSWSC 334; 200 A Crim R 413 SKA v The Queen [2011] HCA 13 Smale v The Queen [2007] NSWCCA 328 Vickers v The Queen [2006] NSWCCA 60 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 Texts Cited: 3rd ed. of Halsbury's Laws of England Category: Principal judgment Parties: Daniel Charles Riley (appellant) The Crown Representation: T Molomby SC/Tony Evers (appellant) D Arnott SC (Crown) M A Douglass (appellant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2008/1881 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2009-12-17 00:00:00 Before: Blackmore DCJ File Number(s): 2008/11/1246