R v Daniel Greentree [2019] NSWSC 216

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Daniel Greentree [2019] NSWSC 216 Hearing dates: 08 February 2019 Decision date: 08 February 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: A certificate will be issued in the terms of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 (NSW). Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – procedure – costs – costs in criminal cases – certificate – reasonableness of instituting proceedings – where applicant charged with accessory after the fact to murder – where applicant agreed to help friend by picking up children – where friend had killed her ex-husband – whether applicant aware of homicide – evidence of single witness unreliable – no other evidence of knowledge of homicide – criminal proceedings discontinued part way through trial – hypothetical prosecutor with the wisdom of hindsight – concession that certificate appropriate – certificate granted Legislation Cited: Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 (NSW), s 3 Cases Cited: Allerton v Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) (1991) 24 NSWLR 550 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 Mordaunt v Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) [2007] NSWCA 121; (2007) 171 A Crim R 510 R v Fejsa (1995) 82 A Crim R 253 R v Hutchison & Wilkinson [2018] NSWSC 1759 R v Manley (2000) 49 NSWLR 203; [2000] NSWCCA 196 R v Moore [2015] NSWSC 1263 R v Pavy (1997) 98 A Crim R 396 R v Raquel Hutchison [2019] NSWSC 25 R v Tooes [2008] NSWSC 291 Regina v Kaliamma Shanti Krishna [1999] NSWSC 525 Steven Alan Cox v R (No 2) [2017] NSWCCA 129 Warwick Ian MacFarlane (Supreme Court (NSW), 12 August 1994, unrep), Category: Costs Parties: Regina Daniel Greentree Representation: Counsel: M Cunneen SC and R Wathukarage (Regina) I Todd (Greentree)