NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Boyd [2017] NSWSC 1099 Hearing dates: 18 August 2017 Date of orders: 18 August 2017 Decision date: 18 August 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Johnson J Decision: Application by Accused to vacate trial date refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - accused charged with murder, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and dangerous driving during a police pursuit - defence application to vacate trial date - claim that adjournment necessary to explore possible partial defence of substantial impairment- psychiatric and neuropsychological reports already obtained - no evidence of cognitive impairment on the basis of possible acquired brain injury - claim that further testing in 12 months' time might indicate whether there is any degree of cognitive impairment - no proper basis to vacate trial date - application to vacate trial refused Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Cases Cited: R v Alexandroaia (1995) 81 A Crim R 286 Slotboom v The Queen [2013] NSWCCA 18 Texts Cited: --- Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Stephen James Boyd (Accused) Representation: Counsel: Mr C Maxwell QC (Crown) Mr WP Brewer (Accused)
Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Ross Hill & Associates Lawyers File Number(s): 2016/127282; 2016/130612 Publication restriction: Accused pleaded guilty to Counts 1, 2 and 4 on 23 August 2017. Sentencing hearing to take place on 1 December 2017.
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