R v Ian DACEY; R v Lee DACEY (No 3) [2013] NSWSC 1877

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ian DACEY; R v Lee DACEY (No 3) [2013] NSWSC 1877 Hearing dates: 26 - 27 November 2013 Decision date: 27 November 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Button J Decision: The jury will not be directed that the liability of Lee Dacey is dependent upon or derived from negativing self-defence with regard to Ian Dacey Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - joint criminal enterprise - application for direction that liability of co-accused depends on other co-accused - actor principal relies on self-defence - whether non-actor principal can be guilty if actor principal not guilty - liability not derivative - application rejected Cases Cited: Clayton v The Queen [2006] HCA 58; (2006) 168 A Crim R 174 Huynh v The Queen [2013] HCA 6 McAuliffe v The Queen [1995] HCA 37; (1995) 183 CLR 108 Osland v The Queen [1998] HCA 75; (1998) 197 CLR 316 R v Bikic [2002] NSWCCA 227. R v Hawi & ors (No 25) [2011] NSWSC 1671 R v Suteski [2002] NSWCCA 509; (2002) 137 A Crim R 371 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Ian Dacey Lee Dacey Representation: Counsel W Creasey (Regina) T Hoyle SC (Ian Dacey) D Yehia SC (Lee Dacey) Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Regina) Armstrong Solicitors Pty Ltd (Ian Dacey) Mandy Hull & Associates (Lee Dacey) File Number(s): 201/333188; 2011/356716 Publication restriction: Not to be published until after verdicts