R (Cth) v Cooper [2019] NSWSC 1209

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R (Cth) v Cooper [2019] NSWSC 1209 Hearing dates: 30 August 2019 Date of orders: 30 August 2019 Decision date: 11 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Wilson J Decision: Application refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – conspiracy to import a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug – dealing with the proceeds of crime – application for a directed verdict with respect to one charge – question of sufficiency of proof – absence of direct evidence – circumstantial case – whether it is open to the jury to infer that cash in accused's possession is the proceeds of crime Cases Cited: Attorney-General's Reference (No 1 of 1983) [1983] 2 VR 410 Doney v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 207; [1990] HCA 51 R v LK; R v RK (2010) 241 CLR 177 R v JMR (1991) 57 A Crim R 39 R v R (1989) 18 NSWLR 74; (1989) 44 A Crim R 404 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Jonathan Paul Cooper (Accused) Representation: Counsel: H Barklay QC/S Howell (Crown) D Randle (Accused)

Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Cth) (Crown) Anderson Boemi Lawyers (Accused) File Number(s): 2016/00387430 Publication restriction: Judgment previously restricted pending finalisation of all co-accused trials and related appeals. Anonymised and/or redacted to excise any matters the subject of a non-publication order pursuant to s 7 of the Courts Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW).