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Admission of evidence

[9-1000] Gray v R [2020] NSWCCA 240
CO v DPP [2020] NSWSC 1123
PQR v DPP (NSW) [2020] NSWSC 731
Johnson v The Queen (2018) 266 CLR 106
Tikomaimaleya v R (2017) 95 NSWLR 315
R v SG [2017] NSWCCA 202
AL v R [2017] NSWCCA 34
The Queen v GW (2016) 258 CLR 108
JB v R (No 2) [2016] NSWCCA 67
DPP v Martin (a pseudonym) [2016] VSCA 219
JP v DPP (NSW) [2015] NSWSC 1669

[9-1020] R v Mercury [2019] NSWSC 81
R v FE [2013] NSWSC 1692
R v Cortez (unrep, 3/10/2002, NSWSC)
R v Phung [2001] NSWSC 115

[9-1040] AB v R [2023] NSWCCA 165
Kannis v R [2020] NSWCCA 79
BC v R [2019] NSWCCA 111

Apprehended violence orders

[9-1060] Police v BS [2011] CLN 4

[9-1080] DPP (NSW) v SB [2020] NSWSC 734
DPP (NSW) v GW [2018] NSWSC 50
DPP (NSW) v CAD [2003] NSWSC 196

[9-1100] RB v R (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 845
R v KO [2024] NSWSC 679
R v RB [2024] NSWSC 471
R v GW [2023] NSWSC 664
R v JB [2023] NSWSC 94
R v JH [2023] NSWSC 93
DPP (NSW) v PH [2022] NSWSC 1245
R v LM [2022] NSWSC 987
JD v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2022] NSWSC 911
R v ET [2022] NSWSC 905
R v Fontaine (a pseudonym) [2021] NSWSC 177
AB v R (Cth) [2016] NSWCCA 191
R v NK [2016] NSWSC 498

Brain science

[9-1120] R v JR [2022] NSWDC 618
Dungay v R [2020] NSWCCA 209
LS v R [2020] NSWCCA 120
BM v R [2019] NSWCCA 223
Howard v R [2019] NSWCCA 109
CA v R [2019] NSWCCA 93
R v MW [2019] NSWDC 307
R v Flanagan [2019] NSWDC 306
Ingrey v R [2016] NSWCCA 31
Kiernan v R [2016] NSWCCA 12
RC v DPP [2016] NSWSC 665
LCM v State of WA [2016] WASCA 164
BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159

Doli incapax

[9-1140] BDO v The Queen [2023] HCA 16
R v IP [2023] NSWCCA 314
R v Greg [2023] NSWChC 13
Director of Public Prosecutions v PM [2023] VSC 560
EL v R [2021] NSWDC 585
Pickett v WA (2020) 270 CLR 323
BC v R [2019] NSWCCA 111
RP v The Queen (2016) 259 CLR 641
DPP v Martin (a pseudonym) [2016] VSCA 219
RP v R (2015) 90 NSWLR 234
RP v R [2015] NSWCCA 215
R v GW [2015] NSWDC 52
DPP (NSW) v NW [2015] NSWChC 3
RH v DPP (NSW) [2014] NSWCA 305
RH v DPP (NSW) [2013] NSWSC 520
BP and SW v R [2006] NSWCCA 172

Exclusion of evidence

[9-1160] R v KS (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 1475
R v Jai [2023] NSWChC 9
Dungay v R [2020] NSWCCA 209
R v Mercury [2019] NSWSC 81
DS v R [2018] NSWCCA 195
Application of the Attorney General for NSW dated 4 April 2014 [2014] NSWCCA 251
R v FE [2013] NSWSC 1692
R v Cortez (unrep, 3/10/2002, NSWSC)
R v Phung [2001] NSWSC 115

Family violence/dysfunction

[9-1180] Hoskins v R [2021] NSWCCA 169
WB v R [2020] NSWCCA 159
CA v R [2019] NSWCCA 93
R v MW [2019] NSWDC 307
R v Flanagan [2019] NSWDC 306
Ohanian v R [2017] NSWCCA 268
Ingrey v R [2016] NSWCCA 31
Kiernan v R [2016] NSWCCA 12
LCM v State of WA [2016] WASCA 164

Forensic procedure

[9-1200] Kindermann v JQ [2020] NSWSC 1268
DL v R [2017] NSWCCA 57
Police v JC [2016] NSWChC 1
TS v Constable Courtney James [2014] NSWSC 984

Jurisdiction

[9-1220] R v Callum [2023] NSWChC 7
R v Patrick [2023] NSWChC 4
R v CL [2022] NSWChC 5
Lacey (a pseudonym) v Attorney General for NSW (2021) 104 NSWLR 333
Watson v R [2020] NSWCCA 215
PQR v DPP (NSW) [2020] NSWSC 731
R v RI [2019] NSWDC 129
JW v District Court of NSW [2016] NSWCA 22
DPP (NSW) v JJM & ALW [2010] CLN 1
JIW v DPP (NSW) [2005] NSWSC 760

Juvenile detention centre

[9-1240] R v AH [2018] NSWSC 973
HJ v R [2014] NSWCCA 21
R v KT [2007] NSWSC 83

Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (LEPRA)

[9-1260] DPP (NSW) v SB [2020] NSWSC 734
Poidevin v Semaan (2013) 85 NSWLR 758
R v FE [2013] NSWSC 1692

Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020

[9-1270] R v Louie [2024] NSWChC 10

Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (now repealed)

[9-1280] Jones v Booth [2019] NSWSC 1066
R v Richard (a pseudonym) [2019] NSWDC 272
DPP (NSW) v Saunders [2017] NSWSC 760
Police v DMO [2015] NSWChC 4

Non-publication and suppression orders

[9-1300] Burton v DPP [2022] NSWCA 242
Burton v DPP (2019) 100 NSWLR 734
AB (a pseudonym) v R (No 3) (2019) 97 NSWLR 1046
Secretary, DFaCS v Smith (2017) 95 NSWLR 597

Recording of conviction

[9-1320] Cmr of Police, NSW Police Force v TM [2023] NSWCA 75
R v Fay [2020] QCA 154
Watson v R [2020] NSWCCA 215
Dungay v R [2020] NSWCCA 209
Siddiqi v R (Cth) [2015] NSWCCA 169

[9-1340] Severity appeal

Dismissed
Remitted for re-sentencing

[9-1342] Parity principle

AJ v R [2023] NSWCCA 235
Apulu v R [2022] NSWCCA 244
JE v R [2019] NSWCCA 225
R v Flanagan [2019] NSWDC 306
R v BJ [2018] NSWDC 122
Siddiqi v R (Cth) [2015] NSWCCA 169

[9-1344] Aggregate sentence

R v RM [2015] NSWCCA 4
PD v R [2012] NSWCCA 242

[9-1346] Non-parole period error

Singh v R (2020) 104 NSWLR 43
TF v R [2020] NSWCCA 248
DL v The Queen (2018) 265 CLR 215
DL v R (No 2) [2017] NSWCCA 58

[9-1348] Full-time imprisonment

R v Taumalolo [2022] NSWSC 1696
IM v R [2019] NSWCCA 107
R v AH [2018] NSWSC 973
R v Alou (No 4) [2018] NSWSC 221

[9-1350] Community Service Order/Community Correction Order

R v BP [2023] NSWDC 415
R v AR [2022] NSWCCA 5
RC v DPP [2016] NSWSC 665

[9-1352] Multiple offences, partly occurred when young offender

R v MW [2019] NSWDC 307

Sexual assault

[9-1355] R v Adam [2024] NSWChC 6

Youth parole

[9-1360] Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice v Minster [2020] NSWChC 10
Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice v Rivers [2020] NSWChC 9
Robb v R [2019] NSWCCA 113
DL v R (No 2) [2017] NSWCCA 58
BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159

Youth Koori Court

[9-1380] R v John [2023] NSWChC 6
R v Thomas [2023] NSWChC 3
R v Linda [2022] NSWChC 3
R v Nerri [2022] NSWChC 2
R v ST [2018] NSWDC 22
Honeysett v R (2018) 56 VR 375

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