Feili v R [2015] NSWCCA 43

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Feili v R [2015] NSWCCA 43 Hearing dates: 16 February 2015 Decision date: 26 March 2015 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1]; Johnson J at [1]; Davies J at [1] Decision: Appeal against conviction dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against conviction - Appellant convicted of riot - Appellant asleep for parts of trial - whether trial judge erred in finding Appellant fit to be tried - relevant principles - capacity of accused to understand evidence at trial and nature and course of criminal proceedings - ameliorative steps available -legal representatives able to explain proceedings and important evidence - no error demonstrated in trial judge's approach - appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 Cases Cited: Clarkson v R [2007] NSWCCA 70; 171 A Crim R 1 Ebataringa and Anor v Deland and Ors [1998] HCA 62; 194 CLR 444 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 Kesavarajah v The Queen [1994] HCA 41; 181 CLR 230 Kunnath v The State [1993] 4 All ER 30 Ngatayi v The Queen [1980] HCA 18; 147 CLR 1 R v Ali; R v Amiri; R v Feili; R v Haidari; R v Parhizkar [2013] NSWSC 871 R v Feili [2013] NSWSC 492 R v Lee Kun [1916] 1 KB 337 R v Presser [1958] VR 45 R v Rivkin [2004] NSWCCA 7; 59 NSWLR 284 Texts Cited: --- Category: Principal judgment Parties: Taleb Feili (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Trevallion (Appellant) Mr G Farmer SC (Respondent)