NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R (Cth) v Pirrello, Pirrello & D'Agostino [2019] NSWSC 1858 Hearing dates: 06 December 2019 Date of orders: 06 December 2019 Decision date: 18 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Wilson J Decision: 1. Tendency evidence admitted in part 2. Shepherd direction declined Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – trial proceedings - conspiracy to import a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug – question of the admissibility of tendency evidence – tendency to act in a particular way – tendency to have a particular state of mind – evidence admitted for other purposes – question of use as tendency evidence – requirement for a Shepherd direction Legislation Cited: Criminal Code (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Davidson v R (2009) 75 NSWLR 150; [2009] NSWCCA 150 HML v The Queen (2008) 235 CLR 334; [2008] HCA 16 Hughes v The Queen Hughes v The Queen (2017) 263 CLR 338; [2017] HCA 20 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300; [2016] HCA 14 Shepherd v The Queen [1990] 170 CLR 573; [1990] HCA 56 The Queen v Dennis Bauer (a pseudonym) (2018) 266 CLR 56; [2018] HCA 40 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Joseph D'Agostino (First Accused) Michael Pirrello (Second Accused) Francesco Pirrello (Third Accused) Representation: Counsel:
Proceedings 2017/010927 P McGuire SC/B Anniwell (Crown) J Stratton SC/M Curry for (First Accused)
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