Carlyle-Watson v R [2019] NSWCCA 226

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Carlyle-Watson v R [2019] NSWCCA 226 Hearing dates: 9 August 2019 Date of orders: 27 September 2019 Decision date: 27 September 2019 Before: Payne JA at [1]; Garling J at [87]; Wright J at [88] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against conviction granted. (2) Leave to appeal against sentence refused. (3) Appeal against conviction allowed. (4) Set aside the applicant's conviction. (5) Remit the matter to the District Court arraignment list on Friday 4 October 2019. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against conviction – accessorial liability – Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 61J – where basis of Crown case unclear – whether trial judge conflated concepts from joint criminal enterprise to directions to the jury on proof of accessorial liability – recklessness insufficient for accessorial liability Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 61J Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6 Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW), r 4 Cases Cited: Blundell v R [2019] NSWCCA 3 Filippou v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 Giorgianni v The Queen (1985) 156 CLR 473; [1985] HCA 29 Justins v The Queen (2010) 79 NSWLR 544; [2010] NSWCCA 242 KA v R [2015] NSWCCA 111 Kalbasi v Western Australia [2018] HCA 7; 92 ALJR 305 Kupferberg (1919) 13 Cr App R 166 OKS v Western Australia [2019] HCA 10; 93 ALJR 438 Osland v The Queen (1998) 197 CLR 316; [1998] HCA 75 R v Button (2002) 54 NSWLR 455; [2002] NSWCCA 159 R v Clarkson [1971] 1 WLR 1402; [1971] 3 All ER 344 R v Phan (2001) 53 NSWLR 480; [2001] NSWCCA 29 United States v Peoni 100 F 2d 401 (1938) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Tristan Carlyle-Watson (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I H Nash (Applicant) E Balodis (Respondent)