R v Steele [2015] NSWDC 100

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Steele [2015] NSWDC 100 Hearing dates: 9 February 2015 - 12 February 2015 Date of orders: 12 February 2015 Decision date: 12 February 2015 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Berman SC DCJ Decision: Tendency evidence to be admitted Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Judgment – Application to admit tendency evidence – Joint concoction - Unconscious contamination - Acceptance of denials of joint concoction by complainants Legislation Cited: Evidence Act Cases Cited: BJS v R [2011] NSWCCA 239 BJS v R [2013] NSWCCA 123 BP v R;R v BP [2010] NSWCCA 303 FB v Regina; Regina v FB [2011] NSWCCA2127 Hoch v R [1988] HCA 50; (1988) 165 CLR 292 R v Andrews [2003] NSWCCA 7 R v Colby [1999] NSWCCA 261 R v Ellis [2003] NSWCCA 319 R v JG [2014] NSWCCA 138; BC2014061; 21(9) Crim LN 136 R v Le [2000} NSWCCA 49 R v Shamouil [2006] NSWCCA 112; (2006) 66 NSWLR 228 R v XY [2013] NSWCCA 121; (2013) 84 NSWLR 363 Texts Cited: ALRC Report 102 page 380, footnote 61 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: The Crown Anthony James Steele Representation: Counsel: Mr L Carr - Crown Mr P Marr - Accused

Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions Legal Aid Commission - Accused File Number(s): 2014/30738 Publication restriction: There is to be no publication of the names of the complainants or of any material which may tend to identify the complainants