R v Williams [2018] NSWSC 994

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Williams [2018] NSWSC 994 Hearing dates: 2 May 2018 Date of orders: 29 June 2018 Decision date: 29 June 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: (1) The detention application is granted.

(2) I revoke the bail granted by Judge Pickering SC on 23 March 2018.

(3) The respondent is remanded in custody. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – bail – bail pending an appeal from a jury verdict – where trial judge granted bail after conviction – subsequent detention application by Crown - where appeal grounds assert inconsistent verdicts and unreasonable verdicts – test for assessing likelihood of success of grounds of appeal – particular problems on bail application where unreasonable verdict asserted - where respondent established only that grounds of appeal are arguable – detention application granted Legislation Cited: Bail Act 1978 (NSW) s 30AA Bail Act 2013 (NSW) s 22 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 33A, 93G Cases Cited: DPP v SKA [2009] NSWCA 51 El-Hilli and Melville v R [2015] NSWCCA 146 Filippou v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 McKenzie v The Queen (1996) 190 CLR 348; [1996] HCA 35 Petroulias v R [2010] NSWCCA 95 R v Antoun [2005] NSWCCA 270 R v Bonat [2004] NSWCCA 240 R v Wilson (1994) 34 NSWLR 1; (1994) 73 A Crim R 532 United Mexican States v Cabal (2001) 209 CLR 165; [2001] HCA 60 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Crown (Applicant) Kyle Williams (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Smith (Applicant) R Rajalingam (Respondent)