Youkhanis v R [2014] NSWCCA 220

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Youkhanis v R [2014] NSWCCA 220 Hearing dates: 04/09/2014 Decision date: 17 October 2014 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Gleeson JA at [1] Fullerton J at [2] Garling J at [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - conviction - inconsistent verdicts, whether - alternative charges - appellant not guilty of robbery, guilty of stealing from the person -verdicts inconsistent, whether - verdict unreasonable, whether - Crown relied heavily on evidence of complainant - credibility - compromise by jury, whether - jury not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt about an ingredient of the offence of robbery as explaining verdicts, whether - threat or offer of violence coinciding with taking of the money ingredient of robbery, not steal from the person - CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - conviction - evidence - verdict unreasonable or unsupported on evidence, whether - reliance on evidence of complaint - lacking credibility and reliability, whether - corroborating evidence - strong circumstantial evidence supporting Crown case - jury has primary responsibility of determining guilt or innocence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: M v The Queen [1994] HCA 63; (1994) 181 CLR 487 MacKenzie v The Queen [1996] HCA 35; (1996) 190 CLR 348 Osland v The Queen [1998] HCA 75; (1998) 197 CLR 316 R v Foster (1995) 78 A Crim R 517 R v Markuleski [2001] NSWCCA 290; (2001) 52 NSWLR 82 SKA v The Queen [2011] HCA 13; (2011) 243 CLR 400 Still v R [2010] NSWCCA 131 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ramin Youkhanis (Applicant) The Crown Representation: Counsel: A Bellanto QC / C Moschoudis (App) N J Adams (Crown) Solicitors: Mark Klees & Associates (Applicant) Office of the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2010/324210 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2012-02-13 00:00:00 Before: Ashford DCJ