D’Agostino v Regina [2019] NSWCCA 259

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: D'Agostino v Regina [2019] NSWCCA 259 Hearing dates: 17 May 2019 Date of orders: 31 October 2019 Decision date: 31 October 2019 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1] Hamill J at [2] N Adams J at [10] Decision: (1) Refuse leave to appeal against conviction on ground 1. (2) Grant leave to appeal against conviction on grounds 2 and 3. (3) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW — appeals — conviction appeal — three drug offences and two drug-related offences — whether misdirection on circumstantial evidence — applicant's knowledge drugs and money in roof cavity — whether Shepherd direction required when not a "links in a chain" case — whether jury's verdict was unreasonable Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 193B Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(b) Criminal Appeal Rules 1952 (NSW), r 4 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, s 25(1), s 25(2) Cases Cited: Alramadan v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2007] NSWCCA 322 ARS v R [2011] NSWCCA 266 Burrell v Regina [2009] NSWCCA 163 Burrell v Regina [2009] NSWCCA 163 Carlton v The Queen [2008] NSWCCA 244 Davidson v R [2009] NSWCCA 150 Gilbert v R (2000) 201 CLR 414; [2000] HCA 15 Greenhalgh v R [2017] NSWCCA 94 Harriman v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 590; [1989] HCA 50 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300; [2016] HCA 14 Knight v The Queen (1992) 175 CLR 495; [1992] HCA 56 Krishna v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2007] NSWCCA 318; 178 A Crim R 220 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 Minniti v R [2006] NSWCCA 30 Picken v R [2007] NSWCCA 319 Quach v Regina (2002) 137 A Crim R 345 Qualtieri v R (2006) 171 A Crim R 463; [2006] NSWCCA 95 R v Carey (1990) 20 NSWLR 292 R v Davidson (2009) 75 NSWLR 150 R v Hillier (2007) 228 CLR 618; [2007] HCA 13 R v Keenan [2009] HCA 1; (2009) 83 ALJR 243 R v Merritt [1999] NSWCCA 29 Shepherd v R (1990) 170 CLR 573 SKA v The Queen (2011) 243 CLR 400; [2011] HCA 13 The Queen v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 The Queen v Dennis Bauer (a pseudonym) [2018] HCA 40; 92 ALJR 846 Yacoub v R [2008] NSWCCA 164 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Joseph Rocky D'Agostino (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Ms M Gerace (Applicant) Ms K Jeffreys (Respondent)