Keen v R [2020] NSWCCA 59

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Keen v R [2020] NSWCCA 59 Hearing dates: 27 March 2020 Decision date: 17 April 2020 Before: McCallum JA at [1]; Wilson J at [104]; Cavanagh J at [105] Decision: (1) Grant leave under rule 4 of the Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW) to rely on grounds 1 and 2.

(2) Grant leave under s 5(1)(b) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) to rely on ground 3.

(3) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against conviction – allegedly inconsistent verdicts – whether there was a rational basis for the jury to acquit on three counts but convict on a fourth

CRIME – appeals – appeal against conviction – alleged miscarriage of justice due to failure to give a Markulski direction – whether case properly characterised as a word against word case involving multiple counts resting on the evidence of a single Crown witness – consideration of the principle for which Markuleski stands

CRIME – appeals – application of rule 4 of the Criminal Appeal Rules – admissibility of evidence from trial defence counsel Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 93T(4A), 193B(2) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) ss 5(1)(b), 6(1) Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW) r 4 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) ss 24(2), 25(1) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 128 Cases Cited: Alkhair v R [2016] NSWCCA 4 Amos v R [2014] NSWCCA 302 Black v The Queen (1993) 179 CLR 44; [1993] HCA 71 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427; [1996] HCA 22 Ganiji v R [2019] NSWCCA 208 Gillies v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2008] NSWCCA 339 Haidari v R [2015] NSWCCA 126 Hajje v R [2006] NSWCCA 23 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439; [1997] HCA 56 JPM v R [2019] NSWCCA 301 MacKenzie v The Queen (1996) 190 CLR 348; [1996] HCA 35 Mortada v R [2014] NSWCCA 36 Nudd v The Queen [2006] HCA 9 R v Hines (1991) 24 NSWLR 737 R v Markuleski (2001) 52 NSWLR 82; [2001] NSWCCA 290 R v Stone (UK Court of Criminal Appeal, Devlin J, 13 December 1954, unreported) RGM v R [2012] NSWCCA 89 RWC v R [2013] NSWCCA 58 SM v The Queen [2016] NSWCCA 171 Wong v R [2009] NSWCCA 101 Category: Principal judgment Parties: David Keen (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Odgers SC, R El Choufani (Applicant) M Kumar (Respondent)