R v Hawi & ors (No 17) [2011] NSWSC 1663

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Hawi & ors (No 17) [2011] NSWSC 1663 Hearing dates: 12 August 2011 Decision date: 15 August 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: R A Hulme J Decision: Use of evidence as tendency evidence rejected Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - propensity, tendency and co-incidence - relevance - for particular purpose - to assert a tendency to act violently and possess and use weapons - evidence of prior convictions of a witness - evidence does not have significant probative value Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 Cases Cited: R v AH (1997) 42 NSWLR 702 R v AW [2009] NSWCCA 1 R v Fletcher [2005] NSWCCA 338; (2005) 156 A Crim R 308 R v Fordham (1997) 98 A Crim R 359 R v Lock (1997) 91 A Crim R 356 R v Lockyer (1996) 89 A Crim R 457 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Mahmoud Hawi Christian Adam Menzies Farres Abounader Ishmail Eken Usama Potrus Zoran Kisacanin David Padovan Representation: Counsel: Ms N Adams with Ms H Roberts (Crown) Mr P Dunn QC with Mr S Grant (Hawi) Mr J Stratton SC (Menzies) Mr J Trevallion (Abounader) Mr P Young SC (Eken) Mr R Driels (Potrus) Mr J Gordon (Kisacanin) Mr A Conwell (Padovan) Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) Sid Hawach & Co (Hawi) Hunter Flood Pty Limited (Menzies) Archbold Legal (Abounader) Purcell Felton Lawyers (Eken) Barakat Lawyers (Potrus) Elie Rahme & Associates (Kisacanin) Nyman Gibson Stewart (Padovan) File Number(s): 2009/50087