R v Cochran & Reihana [No. 2] [2017] NSWDC 369

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cochran & Reihana [No. 2] [2017] NSWDC 369 Hearing dates: 27, 29, 30 November 2017 Date of orders: 30 November 2017 Decision date: 30 November 2017 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Evidence admissible applying in s.137 Evidence Act 1995 Catchwords: Operation of s.137 Evidence Act 1995, admissions, requirement admission relate to offence for trial, proof of identity of speaker, business records, consciousness of guilt reasoning, alternative explanations, taking evidence at its highest when there are competing inferences, dangers not correctable by direction real risk of unfair prejudice. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: DSJ v R [2012] NSWCCA 9 at [88] & [89] Edwards v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 193 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300 [2016] HCA 14; R v Armstrong [2010] NSWSC 801 R v Cook [2004] NSWCCA 52 at [43] R v Hall [2001] NSWSC 827 R v Lane [2011] NSWCCA 157 R v XY (2013) 84 NSWLR 363, [2013] NSWCCA 121 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)