Proud v R (No 2) [2016] NSWCCA 44

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Proud v R (No 2) [2016] NSWCCA 44 Hearing dates: 11 March 2016 Decision date: 21 March 2016 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Johnson J at [5]; R A Hulme J at [6] Decision: 1. Appeal against conviction upheld. 2. The appellant's conviction and sentence for the murder of Katherine Foreman are quashed. 3. Pursuant to s 8 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 there be a new trial. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – conviction appeal – murder – joint criminal enterprise – jury warned about potential unreliability of appellant's evidence as someone who might reasonably be supposed to have been criminally concerned – warning erroneous where evidence not relied upon by Crown against co-accused – misdirection had capacity to deflect jury from its task – attempted clarification ineffective – conviction quashed CRIMINAL LAW – conviction appeal – no error in not directing as to "participation" in joint criminal enterprise – verdict not unreasonable or unsupported by evidence – ground of appeal added in anticipation of possible reconsideration by High Court of requisite mental state for extended joint criminal enterprise – court presently bound by existing authority – new ground rejected Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 345, 346, Pt 9 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) ss 6(1), 8 Criminal Appeal Rules r 4 Criminal Code (Qld) s 668E(1) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 165 Cases Cited: Alford v Magee [1952] HCA 3; 85 CLR 437 ARS v R [2011] NSWCCA 266 Hargraves v The Queen; Stoten v The Queen [2011] HCA 44; 245 CLR 257 Huynh v The Queen; Duong v The Queen; Sem v The Queen [2013] HCA 6; 87 ALJR 434 Jones v R [1997] HCA 56; 191 CLR 439 Libke v The Queen [2007] HCA 30; 230 CLR 559 M v R [1994] HCA 63; 181 CLR 487 McAuliffe v The Queen [1995] HCA 37; 183 CLR 108 MFA v R [2002] HCA 53; 213 CLR 606 Nudd v The Queen [2006] HCA 9; 80 ALJR 614 Palmer v The Queen [1998] HCA 2; 193 CLR 1 Picken v R [2007] NSWCCA 319 Proud v R [2016] NSWCCA 41 R v Abusafiah (1991) 24 NSWLR 531 R v Evans; R v Rawlinson; R v Proud [2014] NSWSC 979 R v Henning (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), Gleeson CJ, Campbell and Mathews JJ, 11 May 1990, unrep) R v Jogee; Ruddock v The Queen [2016] UKSC 8; [2016] UKPC 7 R v Rawlinson; R v Proud; R v Spicer [2014] NSWSC 329 R v Spicer [2015] NSWSC 519 Robinson v The Queen [1991] HCA 38; 180 CLR 531 RPS v The Queen [2000] HCA 3; 199 CLR 620 SKA v R [2011] HCA 13; 243 CLR 400 Webb v The Queen; Hay v The Queen [1994] HCA 30; 181 CLR 41 Wilde v The Queen (1988) 164 CLR 365 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michelle Sharon Proud (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Ms C Loukas SC (Appellant) Ms M Cinque SC (Crown)