Fang v R [2018] NSWCCA 210

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Fang v R [2018] NSWCCA 210 Hearing dates: 16 July 2018 Decision date: 28 September 2018 Before: Beazley P; R A Hulme J; Button J Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal.

(2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal – conviction – whether error in declining to leave defence of mental illness to the jury – whether failure to do so resulted in a substantial miscarriage of justice Legislation Cited: Criminal Code (ACT), ss 27, 28 Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (NSW), s 38 Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW), s 3 Cases Cited: Bouchard-Lebrun v R [2011] 3 SCR 575; [2011] SCC 58 R v Ayoub [1984] 2 NSWLR 511 R v De Souza (1997) 41 NSWLR 656 R v Derbin [2000] NSWCCA 361 R v Doolan [2010] NSWSC 147 R v Falconer (1990) 171 CLR 30; [1990] HCA 49 R v Fang (No 4) [2017] NSWSC 323 R v Gibson [2016] VSC 634 R v Ham [2009] NSWSC 296 R v Konidaris [2014] VSC 89 R v M'Naghten (1843) 8 ER Rep 718 R v Martin (No 1) (2005) 159 A Crim R 314; [2005] VSC 518 R v Pahl [2017] ACTSC 68 R v Porter (1933) 55 CLR 182; [1933] HCA 1 R v S [1979] 2 NSWLR 1 R v Sebalj [2006] VSCA 106 R v Shields [1967] VR 706 R v Stones (1955) 56 SR(NSW) 25 R v Youssef (1990) 50 A Crim R 1 Radford v R (1985) 42 SASR 266 Woodbridge v R (2010) 208 A Crim R 503; [2010] NSWCCA 185. Texts Cited: Howard and Westmore, Crime and Mental Health Law in New South Wales (2nd ed, 2010, LexisNexis) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Zhen Fang (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I Lloyd QC; Y C Lin (Appellant) B Hatfield (Respondent)