Mulholland v R [2018] NSWCCA 299

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Mulholland v R [2018] NSWCCA 299 Hearing dates: 7 November 2018 Date of orders: 19 December 2018 Decision date: 19 December 2018 Before: Payne JA at [1], Schmidt J at [126], Fagan J at [131] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against conviction granted; (2) Appeal allowed; (3) Set aside the appellant's conviction; (4) Remitted to the District Court for re-trial. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal – conviction – two counts of sexual intercourse without consent contrary to s 61I of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – whether trial judge's summing up caused a miscarriage of justice – whether summing up unbalanced or unfair Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 61I Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6

Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW), r 4 Cases Cited: AP v R [2017] NSWCCA 270 ARS v R [2011] NSWCCA 266 B v The Queen (1992) 175 CLR 599; [1992] HCA 68 Castle v The Queen (2016) 259 CLR 449; [2016] HCA 46 Castle v R (2016) 92 NSWLR 17; [2016] NSWCCA 148 Darwiche v R; El-Zeyat v R; Aouad v R; Osman v R [2011] NSWCCA 62 Domican v The Queen (1992) 173 CLR 555; [1992] HCA 13 Germakian v R (2007) 70 NSWLR 467; [2007] NSWCCA 373 Green v The Queen (1971) 126 CLR 28; [1971] HCA 55 Huynh v The Queen [2013] HCA 6; (2013) 228 A Crim R 306 Majok v R [2015] NSWCCA 160 Odisho v R [2018] NSWCCA 19 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297; [1999] HCA 37 R v Courtney-Smith (No 2) (1990) 48 A Crim R 49 R v Dookheea [2017] HCA 36; (2017) 91 ALJR 960 R v Heuston (1995) 81 A Crim R 387 R v Meher [2004] NSWCCA 355 R v RTB [2002] NSWCCA 104 R v Sukkar [2005] NSWCCA 54 R v Williams (1990) 50 A Crim R 213 R v Zorad (1990) 19 NSWLR 91 Robinson v R [2006] NSWCCA 192; (2006) 162 A Crim R 88 RPS v The Queen (2000) 199 CLR 620; [2000] HCA 3 Tekely v R; Nagle v R [2007] NSWCCA 75 Whitehorn v The Queen (1983) 152 CLR 657; [1983] HCA 42 Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Mulholland (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: L Fernandez (Applicant) C Curtis (Respondent)