Fleming v The Queen

[1998] HCA 68
Judgment date
Case number
S59/1998
Before
Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Criminal law – Appeal – Trial by judge sitting alone – Failure by judge to include in reasons for judgment a warning required to be given to jury – Whether failure demonstrates a breach of Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 33(3) – Whether failure amounted to a wrong decision on a question of law – Whether, despite failure, no substantial miscarriage of justice occurred.

Criminal law – Appeal under Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6 – Nature of appeal – Relevance of phrase "unsafe and unsatisfactory".

Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5, 6.

Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), Pt 9 (ss 30-33).