McKell v R [2017] NSWCCA 291

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: McKell v R [2017] NSWCCA 291 Hearing dates: 15 September 2017 Decision date: 08 December 2017 Before: Payne JA at [1]; Beech-Jones J at [103]; Fagan J at [141] Decision: (1) Appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIME – appeal – conviction – importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled precursor intended or believed to be for manufacture of a border controlled drug – conspiring to import a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug – dealing with money to the value of $100,000 or more believing it to be the proceeds of crime – whether trial judge's summing up caused a miscarriage of justice – whether summing up unbalanced or unfair Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ahern v R (1988) 165 CLR 87; [1988] HCA 39 AW v R [2016] NSWCCA 227 B v The Queen (1992) 175 CLR 599; [1992] HCA 68 Broadhurst v The Queen [1964] AC 441 at 464 Domican v The Queen (1991-1992) 173 CLR 555 Edwards v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 193; [1993] HCA 63 Gilbert v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 414; [2000] HCA 15 Majok v R [2015] NSWCCA 160 R v Jamal (2008) 72 NSWLR 258; [2008] NSWCCA 177 Tootle v R [2017] NSWCCA 103 Weiss v The Queen (2005) 224 CLR 300; [2005] HCA 81 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jason Troy McKell (Appellant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: D Jordan SC (Appellant) L Crowley (Crown)