Musa v R [2019] NSWCCA 279

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Musa v R [2019] NSWCCA 279 Hearing dates: 11 October 2019 Decision date: 22 November 2019 Before: Gleeson JA at [1] Johnson J at [88] Cavanagh J at [89] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal on ground 2.

(2) Refuse leave to appeal under Rule 4 of the Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW) on ground 3.

(3) Appeal against conviction dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – leave to appeal against conviction – Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, s 25(1) – deemed supply of traffickable quantity of a prohibited drug methylamphetamine – unreasonable verdict – issue of possession – whether open to the jury to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the accused was guilty – miscarriage of justice – complaints about Crown's conduct at trial and closing address – where no complaint made at trial – whether applicant should be bound by forensic decisions Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5(1), 5F, 6(1) Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW), r 4 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 25, 29 Gold Buyers Act 1921 (WA), s 36 Cases Cited: AP v R [2013] NSWCCA 189 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Chahine v R [2006] NSWCCA 179 Fennell v The Queen [2019] HCA 37 Flack v R [2011] NSWCCA 167 Flaherty v R; R v Flaherty (2016) 92 NSWLR 290; [2016] NSWCCA 188 Halmi v R [2008] NSWCCA 259 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606; [2002] HCA 53 R v Amanatidis [2001] NSWCCA 400; (2001) 125 A Crim R 89 R v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 R v Chin (1985) 157 CLR 671; [1985] HCA 35 R v Delon (1992) 29 NSWLR 29 R v Dib (1991) 52 A Crim R 64 R v Filippetti (1978) 13 A Crim R 335 R v ITA [2003] NSWCCA 174; (2003) 139 A Crim R 340 SKA v The Queen (2011) 243 CLR 400; [2011] HCA 13 Stanford v R [2018] NSWCCA 249 Williams v Douglas (1949) 78 CLR 521 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mohamed Abdimalik Musa (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Little (Applicant) B Hatfield (Respondent)