NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Stephen [2017] NSWSC 1740 Hearing dates: 4 December 2017 Decision date: 13 December 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Button J Decision: (1) The notice of motion of the applicant of 29 November 2017 is dismissed. (2) The trial date of Monday 5 February 2018 at Broken Hill is confirmed, with the jury panel to be called not before Wednesday 7 February 2018. (3) The listing of the matter for a further directions hearing before me at 10 AM on Wednesday 24 January 2018 at Sydney is confirmed. (4) The bail of the accused is continued until that date, on which occasion she must be present at the Supreme Court at Sydney. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – procedure – application for change of venue from regional centre to Sydney– whether jury selection likely to fail to produce impartial jury – discussion of other relevant factors – trial date and location confirmed Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 30 Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions v Bennett [2004] VSC 148 R v Cattell [1968] 1 NSWR 156 R v Turnbull (No. 1) [2016] NSWSC 189 R v Vandergulik [2008] VSC 17 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Jonda Rhani Stephen Representation: Counsel: L Shaw (Crown) P Dwyer (Accused)
Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) PJ Donnellan & Co (Accused) File Number(s): 2017/00099898 Publication restriction: Nil
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