R v Karimi; R v Khoury; R v Mir (No. 2) [2013] NSWSC 199

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Karimi; R v Khoury; R v Mir (No. 2) [2013] NSWSC 199 Hearing dates: 13 March 2013 Decision date: 13 March 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Johnson J Decision: Juror discharged. Balance of jury discharged. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - criminal jury trial - member of jury a friend of solicitor for accused - solicitor absent from courtroom when jury empanelled - Court informed of association soon after empanelment - whether juror should be discharged - whether balance of jury should be discharged - s.53B(b) Jury Act 1977 - discretionary considerations - juror and balance of jury discharged Legislation Cited: Jury Act 1977 Cases Cited: Webb v The Queen [1994] HCA 30; 181 CLR 41 R v Pearson [2000] NSWCCA 149; 114 A Crim R 80 Texts Cited: --- Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Mohammad Jawad Karimi (Accused) John Khoury (Accused) Mahdi Mir (Accused) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: Mr E Wasilenia (Karimi) Mr A Radojev; Mr M Juhasz (Khoury) Mr DN Stewart (Mir) Mr K McKay (Crown) Solicitors: Crimlaw (NSW) Pty Limited (Karimi) Macquarie Lawyers Burwood (Khoury) Shiranica Danieli Lawyers (Mir) Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) File Number(s): 2010/223311; 2010/324901 (Karimi) 2010/323677 (Khoury) 29010/244495 (Mir) Publication restriction: ---