R (Cth) v Lipton [2019] NSWSC 372

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R (Cth) v Lipton [2019] NSWSC 372 Hearing dates: 28 March 2019 Date of orders: 05 April 2019 Decision date: 05 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Wilson J Decision: The application for a separate trial is refused Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – trial of three accused persons for conspiracy to import border controlled drugs- application for separate trial – whether evidence against one accused significantly different to, and weaker than that against co-accused – question of prejudice to accused in joint trial – evidence to prove conspiracy – co-conspirators' rule - question of cost and convenience of separate trials – application refused Legislation Cited: Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1986 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87; [1988] HCA 39 Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Burrows [2017] NSWCCA 105 Dupas v The Queen (2010) 241 CLR 237; [2010] HCA 20 Madubuko v R [2011] NSWCCA 135; (2011) A Crim R 249Mulcahy v The Queen (1868) LR 3 HL 306 Osman v R [2006] NSWCCA 196 R v Baartman (unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal 6 October 1994) R v Dellapatrona & Duffield (1993) 31 NSWLR 123 R v Fernando [1999] NSWCCA 66 R v Glennon (1992) 173 CLR 592; [1992] HCA 16 R v Lisoff [1999] NSWCCA 364 R v Masters, Richards & Wunderlich (1992) 26 NSWLR 450 R v Middis (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Hunt J, 27 March 1991, unreported) R v Oliver (1984) 57 ALR 543 R v Oliver; R v Annakin & Ors (1988) 37 A Crim R 131 R v Pham [2004] NSWCCA 190 Symss v R [2003] NSWCCA 77 Tripodi v The Queen 104 CLR 1; [1961] HCA 22 Verma v R (1987) 30 A Crim R 441 Webb and Hay v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 41; [1994] HCA 30 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Richard Lipton (Accused) Representation: Counsel: S Howell (Crown) M Johnston SC / K Averre (Accused)