R v Hunyh [2004] NSWCCA 79

R v Hunyh [2004] NSWCCA 79

The convictions could not stand because the Crown accepted, and the Court agreed, that the guilty verdicts were unreasonable and unsupported by the evidence. Although there was video evidence placing the appellant at the motor registry, the victim who was accompanied there gave evidence that the appellant was not one of those who accompanied him, and on the whole of the evidence it was not open to the jury to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the appellant's guilt.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
22 March 2004
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal Against Conviction / Appeal in the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal From Convictions in the District Court
Outcome
Appeal allowed; convictions and sentences quashed; verdicts of acquittal entered.
Legal Topics
['unreasonable Verdict' 'identification Evidence' 'detain for Advantage' 'armed Robbery With a Dangerous Weapon']
['criminal Law' 'criminal Procedure' 'evidence'] ['unreasonable Verdict' 'identification Evidence' 'detain for Advantage' 'armed Robbery With a Dangerous Weapon']

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Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal Against Conviction / Appeal in the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal From Convictions in the District Court

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the guilty verdicts on counts 1 and 7 were unreasonable and could not be supported having regard to the evidence.' 'Whether the evidence identifying the appellant as involved in the offences was sufficient to permit the jury to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of guilt.']

Ratio Decidendi

The convictions could not stand because the Crown accepted, and the Court agreed, that the guilty verdicts were unreasonable and unsupported by the evidence. Although there was video evidence placing the appellant at the motor registry, the victim who was accompanied there gave evidence that the appellant was not one of those who accompanied him, and on the whole of the evidence it was not open to the jury to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the appellant's guilt.

Court Disposition

Appeal allowed; convictions and sentences quashed; verdicts of acquittal entered.

Orders

  • ['That the appeal be allowed.' 'That the convictions and sentences be quashed.' 'That verdicts of acquittal be entered.']