Edwards v The Queen

[2021] HCA 28
Judgment date
Case number
S235/2020
Before
Kiefel CJ, Keane, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson JJ
Catchwords

Criminal practice – Appeal – Miscarriage of justice – Prosecution's duty of disclosure in ss 141 and 142 of Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) – Where appellant's mobile phone seized by police upon arrest – Where police made copy of data on mobile phone ("Cellebrite Download") – Where prosecution informed appellant's lawyers of existence of Cellebrite Download prior to trial but did not serve copy – Whether prosecution failed to give full and proper pre-trial disclosure required by s 142 – Whether Cellebrite Download contained material falling within s 142(1)(i) or s 142(1)(k) – Whether forensic value of contents of Cellebrite Download for appellant's case rose above level of speculation – Whether non-provision of Cellebrite Download to appellant caused miscarriage of justice.

Words and phrases – "cellebrite", "cellebrite download", "disclosure", "good prosecutorial practice", "miscarriage of justice", "pre-trial disclosure", "prosecutorial duty of disclosure", "relevant to the reliability of a prosecution witness", "s 142 notice", "would reasonably be regarded as relevant".

Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) – ss 141, 142.

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