R v Le; R v Loeung [2019] NSWSC 632

R v Le; R v Loeung [2019] NSWSC 632

The applications for directed verdicts were dismissed because the evidence, including the CCTV footage and admissions, was capable of supporting inferences of a joint criminal enterprise and of both accused acting together with the intention to assault, meaning the matter was fit for the jury to determine.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
31 May 2019
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Application for Directed Verdict After Close of Crown Case
Outcome
Applications for directed verdicts dismissed
Legal Topics
['directed Verdict' 'joint Criminal Enterprise' 'assault' 'being Armed With a Weapon' 'complicity']
['criminal Law'] ['directed Verdict' 'joint Criminal Enterprise' 'assault' 'being Armed With a Weapon' 'complicity']

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Procedural Posture

Criminal / Application for Directed Verdict After Close of Crown Case

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the evidence was capable of supporting verdicts of guilty for being armed with a weapon with intent to commit assault as part of a joint criminal enterprise' 'Whether there was sufficient evidence of agreement or joint intention between offenders' 'Whether competing inferences preclude the matter from going to the jury']

Ratio Decidendi

The applications for directed verdicts were dismissed because the evidence, including the CCTV footage and admissions, was capable of supporting inferences of a joint criminal enterprise and of both accused acting together with the intention to assault, meaning the matter was fit for the jury to determine.

Court Disposition

Applications for directed verdicts dismissed

Orders

  • ['Applications for directed verdicts dismissed']