D v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) - Sydney [2013] NSWSC 60

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: D v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) - Sydney [2013] NSWSC 60 Hearing dates: 14 December 2012 Date of orders: 08 February 2013 Decision date: 08 February 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Schmidt J Decision: 1.Leave to appeal be granted. 2.The appeal be dismissed. Catchwords: APPEAL - appeal from Local Court -leave under section 53(3)(b) of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 - criminal charges – application for separate hearing of two charges - jurisdiction - failure to give adequate reasons for decision - tendency - coincidence - separate trial – leave to appeal granted - appeal dismissed

EVIDENCE - tendency and coincidence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adamson v Ede [2009] NSWCA 379 DSJ v R; NS v R [2012] NSWCCA 9 Hall v Nominal Defendant [1966] HCA 36; (1966) 117 CLR 423 Kocer v R [2006] NSWCCA 328 O'Keefe v The Queen [2009] NSWCCA 121 Pfennig v R [1995] HCA 7; (1995) 182 CLR 461 Phillips v R [2006] HCA 4; (2006) 225 CLR 303 R v Cittadini [2008] NSWCCA 256; (2008) 189 A Crim R 492 R v Dao [2011] NSWCCA 63 R v F [2002] NSWCCA 125 R v Harker [2004] NSWCCA 427 R v Fletcher [2005] NSWCCA 338; (2005) 156 A Crim A 308 R v Lockyer (1996) 89 A Crim R 457 R v Nassif [2004] NSWCCA 433 R v PWD [2010] NSWCCA 209 R v Shamouil [2006] NSWCCA 112; (2006) 66 NSWLR 228 R v SK [2011] NSWCCA 292 R v Wright (1990) 90 Cr App R 312 Salter v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2009] NSWCA 357; (2009) 75 NSWLR 392 Soulemezis v Dudley Holdings Pty Limited (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Texts Cited: Odgers, Uniform Evidence Law (9th ed, 2010) at p427 Category: Principal judgment Parties: D (Plaintiff) Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (First Defendant) The Local Court of New South Wales (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr S Russell (Plaintiff) Ms S Dowling (Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/250878 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Local Court Jurisdiction: Criminal Citation: DPP v D Date of Decision: 17 July 2012 Before: Bradd LCM File Number(s): H46556511