Sultani v R [2019] NSWDC 747

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sultani v R [2019] NSWDC 747 Hearing dates: 27 November, 10 December 2019 Date of orders: 11 December 2019 Decision date: 11 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 102 Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – conviction appeal – intimidating officer in execution of duty – nature of District Court's powers in rehearing – whether necessary to identify error by the Local Court. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 60A(1) Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW), s 18 Cases Cited: AG v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2015] NSWCA 218 Charara v The Queen (2006) 164 A Crim R 39 Dyason v Butterworth [2015] NSWCA 52 Engelbrecht v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2016] NSWCA 290 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118 Francisco v R [2019] NSWDC 720 Jamal v DPP [2019] NSWCA 121 Liberato v R (1985) 159 CLR 507 R v Death [2019] NSWDC 682 R v Dookheea (2017) 347 ALR 529; [2017] HCA 36 R v Murray (1987) 11 NSWLR 12 R v Niaas [2005] NSWCCA 120 R v Li (2003) 140 A Crim R 288 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions Mr A Sultani Representation: Mr B Barrack (Appellant) K Austen for the Director of Public Prosecutions File Number(s): 2018/71613