Lane v R [2013] NSWCCA 317

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lane v R [2013] NSWCCA 317 Hearing dates: 23 July 2013 Decision date: 13 December 2013 Before: Bathurst CJ; Simpson J; Adamson J Decision: Appeal against conviction dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - murder - whether error in failure to leave alternative count of manslaughter to jury - whether trial miscarried by reason of prejudice occasioned by Crown prosecutor - whether reversal of onus of proof - whether separate trial application should have been made in respect of perjury/false swearing charges - whether trial miscarried by failure of trial judge to discharge jury after Crown prosecutor made prejudicial remarks in opening address - whether error in leave granted pursuant to s 38 Evidence Act 1995 - whether verdict unreasonable and not supported by evidence - failure of trial counsel to request direction regarding delay in prosecution - all grounds rejected - appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Criminal Appeal Rules Criminal Code (Qld) Evidence Act 1995 Jury Act 1977 Cases Cited: Alford v Magee [1952] HCA 3; 85 CLR 437 Barca v The Queen [1975] HCA 42; 133 CLR 82 Beavan v The Queen [1954] HCA 41; 92 CLR 660 Burns v The Queen [2012] HCA 35; 246 CLR 334 Carney v R; Cambey v R [2011] NSWCCA 223; 217 A Crim R 201 Caswell v Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd [1940] AC 152 Demirok v The Queen [1977] HCA 21; 137 CLR 20 Director of Public Prosecutions v Newbury [1976] UKHL 3; [1976] 2 WLR 918 Edwards v The Queen [1993] HCA 63; 178 CLR 193 Gammage v The Queen [1969] HCA 68; 122 CLR 444 Gilbert v The Queen [2000] HCA 15; 201 CLR 414 Gillard v The Queen [2003] HCA 64; 219 CLR 1 Huynh v The Queen [2013] HCA 6; 87 ALJR 434 Hyam v Director of Public Prosecutions [1974] UKHL 2; [1975] AC 55 Jones v Great Western Railway Co (1930) 144 LT 194 Justins v R [2010] NSWCCA 242; 79 NSWLR 544 Libke v The Queen [2007] HCA 30; 230 CLR 559 Longman v The Queen [1989] HCA 60; 168 CLR 79 M v The Queen [1994] HCA 63; 181 CLR 487 Markby v The Queen [1978] HCA 29; 140 CLR 108 MFA v The Queen [2002] HCA 53; 213 CLR 606 Mraz v The Queen [1955] HCA 59; 93 CLR 493 Nudd v The Queen [2006] HCA 9; 162 A Crim R 301 Nydam v R [1977] VR 430 Onassis and Calogeropoulos v Vergottis [1968] 2 Lloyd's Rep 403 at 431 Pemble v The Queen [1971] HCA 20; 124 CLR 107 R v Barlow [1997] HCA 19; 188 CLR 1 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 R v Collie [1991] SASC 2996; (1992) 56 SASR 302 R v Donald [1997] QCA 454] R v Downs (1985) 3 NSWLR 312 at 327 R v Gilbert [1998] QCA 13 R v Gillard and Preston (No 3) [2000] SASC 454; 78 SASR 279 R v Holzer [1968] VR 481 R v Kanaan [2005] NSWCCA 385; 64 NSWLR 527 R v Lane [2011] NSWCCA 157; 221 A Crim R 309 R v Lavender [2005] HCA 37; 222 CLR 67 R v Rugari [2001] NSWCCA 64; 122 A Crim R 1 Richardson v The Queen [1974] HCA 19; 131 CLR 116 Ross v The King [1922] HCA 4; 30 CLR 246 Seltsam Pty Ltd v McGuiness; James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v McGuiness [2000] NSWCA 29; 49 NSWLR 262 SKA v The Queen [2011] HCA 13; 243 CLR 400 Stevens v The Queen [2005] HCA 65; 227 CLR 319 The Queen v Crabbe [1985] HCA 22; 156 CLR 464 TKWJ v The Queen [2002] HCA 46; 212 CLR 124 Whitehorn v The Queen [1983] HCA 42; 152 CLR 657 Williams v Smith [1960] HCA 22; 103 CLR 539 Wilson v The Queen [1992] HCA 31; 174 CLR 313 Wood v R [2012] NSWCCA 21 Texts Cited: Stephen's Digest of the Criminal Law, 1st edition (1877) The Duty of Care in Gross Negligence Manslaughter, Jonathan Herring and Elaine Palser [2007] Crim Law Rev 24 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Keli Lane (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: W Terracini SC/J Trevallion (Appellant) J A Girdham SC/H Baker (Respondent) Solicitors: Archbold Legal (Appellant) S Kavanagh - Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/256171 Publication restriction: Non publication of any information or material that may lead to the identification of certain children (s 15A Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987) Decision under appeal Citation: R v Keli LANE [2011] NSWSC 289 Date of Decision: 2011-04-15 00:00:00 Before: Whealy J File Number(s): 2009/256171