Towney v R [2018] NSWCCA 65

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Towney v R [2018] NSWCCA 65 Hearing dates: 26 February 2018 Date of orders: 16 April 2018 Decision date: 16 April 2018 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1]; Johnson J at [116]; N Adams J at [117] Decision: (1) In respect of Ground of Appeal 1, leave to appeal is granted but the appeal is dismissed. (2) In respect of Ground of Appeal 2, refuse leave to raise this ground pursuant to r 4 of the Criminal Appeal Rules. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – conviction appeal – offence of murder – after an altercation with the deceased the offender armed himself with a knife and stabbed him – whether directions as to self-defence contrary to law – expressing standard of proof as "is there is a reasonable possibility" – consideration of decisions in Hadchiti v R [2016] NSWCCA 63 and Moore v R [2016] NSWCCA 185 – application of r 4 – application of proviso – whether error in order in which jury asked to consider directions – whether error in suggesting to jury that self-defence be considered before intent – no error established – appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – s 419 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) – s 6 Criminal Appeal Rules – r 4 Cases Cited: Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd v The Queen [2012] HCA 14; 246 CLR 92 Budrodeen v R [2014] NSWCCA 332 Filippou v The Queen [2015] HCA 29; 256 CLR 47 Green v R [1971] HCA 55; 126 CLR 28 Greenhalgh v R [2017] NSWCCA 94 Hadchiti v R [2016] NSWCCA 63; 93 NSWLR 671 Justins v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 242; 79 NSWLR 544 Kalbasi v The State of Western Australia [2018] HCA 7 Kanaan & Ors v R [2006] NSWCCA 109 McKinney v The Queen; Judge v The Queen [1991] HCA 6; 171 CLR 468 Mencarious v R [2008] NSWCCA 237 Moore v R [2016] NSWCCA 185 Moore v R [2016] HCASL 323 Murray v The Queen [2002] HCA 26; 211 CLR 193 Papakosmas v The Queen [1999] HCA 37; 196 CLR 297 R v ARS [2011] NSWCCA 266 R v Katarzynski [2002] NSWSC 613 Stanton v The Queen [2003] HCA 29; 77 ALJR 1151 The Queen v Dookheea [2017] HCA 36; 91 ALJR 960 Thomas v The Queen [1960] HCA 2;102 CLR 584 Velevski v R [2002] HCA 4; 187 ALR 233 Ward v R [2013] NSWCCA 46 Weiss v The Queen [2005] HCA 81; 224 CLR 300 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Trent Towney – Applicant Regina – Respondent Crown Representation: Counsel: L Fernandez/A Bonner – Applicant B Baker – Respondent Crown