Nguyen v R [2017] NSWCCA 4

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Nguyen v R [2017] NSWCCA 4 Hearing dates: 24 November 2016 Decision date: 02 February 2017 Before: Basten JA at [1]; R A Hulme J at [81]; Schmidt J at [101] Decision: Refuse leave to appeal against convictions on four counts of supplying a prohibited drug. Catchwords: APPEAL – criminal – supply of drugs – circumstantial evidence – silence of accused – deemed supply charge – adequacy of directions to jury – absence of request for further directions – leave required

EVIDENCE – identification evidence – expert opinion – voice recognition – comparison of voices on telephone intercepts and electronically recorded interview – whether admissible as identification evidence – whether subject to exclusion as opinion evidence – whether experience of repeated listening results in ad hoc expertise – whether admissible as expert evidence Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5, 6 Criminal Appeal Rules, r 4 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 29 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 9, 20, 29, 55, 76, 78, 79, 114, 115, 116, 135, 137, 165; Dictionary Cases Cited: Azzopardi v The Queen (2001) 205 CLR 50; [2001] HCA 25 Fryer v Gathercole (1849) 13 Jur 542 Irani v R [2008] NSWCCA 217 Nasrallah v R [2015] NSWCCA 188 R v Adler (2000)-(2001) 52 NSWLR 451; [2000] NSWCCA 357 R v Browne and Angus (1951) 99 CCC 141 R v Brownlowe (1987) 7 NSWLR 461 R v Butera (1987) 164 CLR 180 R v E J Smith [1984] 1 NSWLR 462 R v E J Smith (1987) 7 NSWLR 444 R v Griffiths [1997] 2 Qd R 524 R v Leung (1999) 47 NSWLR 405; [1999] NSWCCA 287 R v Madigan [2005] NSWCA 170 R v Palmer [1981] 1 NSWLR 209 R v Smith (1983) 33 SASR 558 R v Trudgett (2008) 70 NSWLR 696; [2008] NSWCCA 62 R v Wilson (2006) 62 NSWLR 362; [2005] NSWCCA 20 Regina v Riscuta and Niga [2003] NSWCCA 6 Smith v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 650; [2001] HCA 50 Texts Cited: J D Heydon, Cross on Evidence (10th ed, Butterworths, 2015) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ngoc Vu Vi Nguyen (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Lange (Appellant) Mr N Adams (Respondent)