Donai v R [2016] NSWCCA 212

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Donai v R [2016] NSWCCA 212 Hearing dates: 23 June 2016 Decision date: 05 October 2016 Before: Ward JA at [1] Price J at [184] McCallum J at [185] Decision: 1. Extend time for the filing of the notice of appeal/application for leave to appeal to 28 January 2016. 2. Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – conviction appeal – murder – whether trial judge failed to give appropriate directions where jury informed of co-offender's plea of guilty to murder and where Crown submitted in closing address that appellant downplayed his involvement in admissions to undercover police – whether conduct of Crown prosecutor in making sotto voce comments and smiling during defence counsel's closing submissions prejudiced jury – whether verdict unreasonable and unsupported by evidence – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6(1) Cases Cited: Causevic v R (2008) 190 A Crim R 416; [2008] NSWCCA 238 Donai v R [2011] NSWCCA 173 Doyle v R; R v Doyle [2014] NSWCCA 4 Humphries v R [2015] NSWCCA 319 King v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 423; [1986] HCA 59 Libke v The Queen (2007) 230 CLR 559; [2007] HCA 30 Livermore v R (2006) 67 NSWLR 659; [2006] NSWCCA 334 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 McCullough v R (1982) 6 A Crim R 274 McKinney v The Queen (1991) 171 CLR 468; [1991] HCA 6 MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606; [2002] HCA 53 MG v R (2007) 69 NSWLR 20; [2007] NSWCCA 57 Mraz v The Queen (1995) 93 CLR 493; [1955] HCA 59 Pemble v The Queen (1971) 124 CLR 107; [1971] HCA 20 R v Lowe (1997) 98 A Crim R 300 R v R [1998] 3 VR 580 R v Roulston [1976] 2 NZLR 644 Robinson v R (2006) 162 A Crim R 88; [2006] NSWCCA 192 SKA v The Queen (2011) 243 CLR 400; [2011] HCA 13 TKWJ v The Queen (2002) 212 CLR 124; [2002] HCA 46 Tofilau v The Queen (2007) 231 CLR 396; [2007] HCA 39 Turner v Victorian Arts Centre Trust [2009] VSCA 224 Whitehorn v The Queen (1983) 152 CLR 657; [1983] HCA 42 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Terry Mark Donai (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G James AM QC with P Lange and C Parkin (Applicant) H Baker (Respondent)