R v Cochran & Reihana [No. 1] [2017] NSWDC 368

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cochran & Reihana [No. 1] [2017] NSWDC 368 Hearing dates: 27 November 2017 Date of orders: 27 November 2017 Decision date: 27 November 2017 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Evidence admissible applying in s.138 Evidence Act 1995 Catchwords: Search warrants, invalid warrant, wrong address on warrant, an error of form or substance, consequence of illegibility, operation of s.138 Evidence Act 1995 Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Evidence Act 1995 Law Enforcement (Powers and responsibilities) Act 2002- Part 5 Search Warrants Act 1985 Cases Cited: Bunning v Cross (1978) 141 CLR 54 Carrol v Mijovitch (1991) A Crim R 243 Carter v The Queen (1995) 183 CLR 121 George v Rocket (1990) 170 CLR 104 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 Pearse v Pearse (1846) 63 ER 950 The Queen v Ireland (1970) 126 CLR 321 The Queen v Swaffield (1998) 192 CLR 159 Texts Cited: From [28] TF Bathurst and Sarah Schwartz, Illegally or improperly obtained evidence: in defence of Australia's discretionary approach, (2016) 13 TJR 79 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Ricky Cochran (Defendant) Mark Reihana (Defendant) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Ms K Stares (for the Defendant Ricky Cochran) Mr J Clarke (for the Defendant Mark Reihana) Mr T Pickering (for the Director of Public Prosecutions)