R v Basanovic, Michael; R v Basanovic, Wade [2018] NSWCCA 246

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Basanovic, Michael; R v Basanovic, Wade [2018] NSWCCA 246 Hearing dates: 6 June 2018 Decision date: 02 November 2018 Before: Simpson AJA at [1] Bellew J at [129] Wilson J at [130] Decision: Michael Basanovic: 1. Appeal against conviction upheld, conviction quashed. 2. There be a new trial.

Wade Basanovic: 1. Appeal against conviction dismissed. 2. Leave to appeal against sentence refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – appeal against conviction – murder – whether failure to instruct jury as to possible defence of self-defence occasioned a substantial miscarriage of justice

CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – appeal against conviction – murder – tendency evidence – where evidence relied on by accused person – where jury directed that it needed to be satisfied that one or more of the alleged tendency acts had been proven on the balance of probabilities before it could accept the tendency contended – whether such a direction was erroneous

CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – appeal against conviction – murder – whether verdict unreasonable or could not be supported by the evidence

CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – appeal against sentence – manslaughter – whether trial judge failed to implement a stated intention to structure the sentence to the statutory proportions under s 44(2) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 23; 418; 419, 421 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 44(2) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s 5(1); s 6(1) Criminal Appeal Rules, r 4 Evidence Act 1995, s 97(1) Cases Cited: Alford v Magee (1952) 85 CLR 437; [1952] HCA 3 Campbell v R (2014) 312 ALR 129; [2014] NSWCCA 175 FDP v R (2008) 74 NSWLR 645; [2008] NSWCCA 317 Gilbert v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 414; [2000] HCA 15 Gillard v The Queen (2013) 219 CLR 1; [2003] HCA 64 Gipp v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 106; [1998] HCA 21 HML v The Queen (2008) 235 CLR 334; [2008] HCA 16 James v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 475; [2014] HCA 6 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606; [2002] HCA 53 Osland v The Queen (1998) 197 CLR 316; [1998] HCA 75 Pemble v The Queen (1971) 124 CLR 107; [1971] HCA 20 R v Flanagan [2013] NSWCCA 320 R v Lane [2013] NSWCCA 317; (2013) 241 A Crim R 321 R v Mencarious [2008] NSWCCA 237, 189 A Crim R 219 R v Mulvihill [2016] NSWCCA 259 SKA v The Queen (2011) 243 CLR 400; [2011] HCA 13 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael Basanovic (Appellant) Wade Basanovic (Appellant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Game SC/A Chhabra (Michael Basanovic) P Lange (Wade Basanovic) S Dowling SC/B Baker (Crown)