Hoang v. The Queen
Case No.
S146 to S149/2021
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
03/08/2018 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Hoeben CJ at CL; Campbell and N Adams JJ)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Juror misconduct – Juror conducting own inquiries – Mandatory discharge – Where s 53A of Jury Act 1977 (NSW) required mandatory discharge of juror if juror engaged in misconduct – Where s 68C provided juror must not make own inquiries “for purpose of obtaining information” about matters relevant to trial – Where applicant charged with 12 offences – Where jury commenced deliberations and, on 5 November 2015, jury sent note to trial judge stating agreement reached on 8 counts – Where, on evening of 5 November, juror conducted internet search for personal reasons only on matter related to trial – Where jury continued deliberating on 6 November until jury foreperson notified trial judge of juror’s actions – Where trial judge took verdicts on 10 counts before discharging juror pursuant to s 53A – Where remaining jurors continued deliberating and gave verdict on remaining 2 counts – Where applicant appealed on basis trial judge failed to discharge juror prior to taking of first 10 counts – Where Court of Criminal Appeal held no juror misconduct and dismissed appeal – Whether inquiries made “for purpose of obtaining information” in s 68C includes juror making inquiries for solely personal reasons – If so, whether juror should have been discharged prior to taking of first 10 counts – If so, whether verdicts on any counts valid.
Documents*
10/09/2021 Hearing (SLA, Canberra by video-connection)
24/09/2021 Notices of appeal
29/10/2021 Written submissions (Appellant in S146/2021)
29/10/2021 Written submissions (Appellant in S147/2021)
29/10/2021 Written submissions (Appellant in S148/2021)
29/10/2021 Written submissions (Appellant in S149/2021)
29/10/2021 Chronology (Appellant in S146/2021)
29/10/2021 Chronology (Appellant in S147/2021)
29/10/2021 Chronology (Appellant in S148/2021)
29/10/2021 Chronology (Appellant in S149/2021)
26/11/2021 Written submissions (Respondent - all matters)
15/12/2021 Reply (Appellant in S146/2021)
15/12/2021 Reply (Appellant in S147/2021)
15/12/2021 Reply (Appellant in S148/2021)
15/12/2021 Reply (Appellant in S149/2021)
16/03/2022 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
16/03/2022 Outline of oral argument (Appellant - all matters)
16/03/2022 Outline of oral argument (Respondent - all matters)
13/04/2022 Judgment (Judgment summary)