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Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Honeysett v R [2013] NSWCCA 135 Hearing dates: 2 May 2013 Decision date: 05 June 2013 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1] Campbell J at [77] Barr AJ at [78] Decision: Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: EVIDENCE - robbery of hotel - opinion evidence - s 79 Evidence Act 1995 - expert evidence of comparisons of CCTV images of offender and images of appellant - common anatomical features identified - evidence not given that there was "a high level of anatomical similarity" between offender and appellant - Morgan v R 215 A Crim R 33 distinguished - whether admissible as expert opinion evidence - whether based on specialised knowledge - whether witness qualified as an ad hoc expert
CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - whether verdict unreasonable or insupportable having regard to evidence - appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: Butera v Director of Public Prosecutions (Vic) [1987] HCA 58; 164 CLR 180 Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar [2011] HCA 21; 243 CLR 588 Festa v The Queen [2001] HCA 72; 208 CLR 593 Li v The Queen [2003] NSWCCA 290; 139 A Crim R 281 Morgan v R [2011] NSWCCA 257; 215 A Crim R 33 Murdoch v The Queen [2007] NTCCA 1; 167 A Crim R 329 Smith v The Queen [2001] HCA 50; 206 CLR 650 R v Dastagir [2013] SASC 26 R v Gardner [2004] EWCA Crim 1639 R v Leung [1999] NSWCCA 287; 47 NSWLR 405 R v Tang [2006] NSWCCA 167; 65 NSWLR 681 SKA v The Queen [2011] HCA 13; 243 CLR 400 The Queen v Hillier [2007] HCA 13; 228 CLR 618 The Queen v Keenan [2009] HCA 236; CLR 397 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Anthony Charles Honeysett (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Barrow (Appellant) J H Pickering SC (Respondent) Solicitors: Blair Criminal Lawyers (Appellant) S Kavanagh - Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/60929 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Citation: R v Anthony Charles Honeysett Date of Decision: 2011-08-26 00:00:00 Before: Bozic DCJ File Number(s): 2009/60929
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