Mortada v R [2014] NSWCCA 36

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Mortada v R [2014] NSWCCA 36 Hearing dates: 4 and 16 December 2013 Decision date: 24 March 2014 Before: Leeming JA; Hall J; Schmidt J Decision: (1) Extension of time to appeal granted. (2) Leave under Rule 4 granted. (3) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against conviction - failure to give propensity direction contrary to ruling when evidence admitted - whether deliberate forensic decision not to seek direction - whether guilty verdict inevitable and no substantial miscarriage of justice - proviso applied to dismiss appeal Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 193B Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6(1) Criminal Appeal Rules, r 4 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 25, 29, Sch 1 Cases Cited: Baini v The Queen [2012] HCA 59; 246 CLR 469 Belhaven and Stenton Peerage (1875) 1 AC 278 BRS v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 275 Burrell v R [2009] NSWCCA 193 Cesan v The Queen [2008] HCA 52; 236 CLR 358 Dearman v Dearman (1908) 7 CLR 549 Dib & Dib v R (1991) 52 A Crim R 64 DJV v R (2008) 200 A Crim R 206 Gillies v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2008] NSWCCA 339 Gilham v R [2012] NSWCCA 131 Giourtalis v R [2013] NSWCCA 216 JDK v R (2009) 194 A Crim R 333 Kuhl v Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd [2011] HCA 11; 243 CLR 361 Lee v R [2013] NSWCCA 68 Lundy v The Queen (New Zealand) [2013] UKPC 28 Quartermaine v The Queen (1980) 143 CLR 595 R v Giovannone [2002] NSWCCA 323; 140 A Crim 1 Reg v Kilbourne [1973] AC 729 Shepherd v The Queen (1991) 170 CLR 573 Stafford v The State [1999] 1 WLR 2026 Versi v R [2013] NSWCCA 206 Weiss v The Queen [2005] HCA 81; 224 CLR 300 Wilde v The Queen (1988) 164 CLR 365 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ali Youssef Mortada (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Strickland SC (Appellant) P Ingram SC (Crown) Solicitors: Bannisters Lawyers (Appellant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2009/270970 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2012-09-28 00:00:00 Before: Knox DCJ File Number(s): 2009/270970