Ihemeje v R

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Leave to appeal
  5. › Matters not objected to at trial
  6. › Whether leave should be granted under r 4.15
  7. › Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021 (NSW), r 4.15
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Relevance and admissibility
  3. › Evidence of other criminal conduct
  4. › Evidence of involvement in drug supply admitted on importation charges
  5. › Whether evidence of dealing in different drug (heroin) relevant to importation of methamphetamine
  6. › Whether probative value outweighed danger of unfair prejudice
  7. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 55, 135, 137
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Prior acquittals
  3. › Evidence contoverting prior acquittals
  4. › Whether intercepted phone calls and cross-examination evidence controverted prior acquittals on supply charges
  5. › Whether evidence elicited by defence counsel's forensic choice can found appeal ground
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Trial
  3. › Jury directions
  4. › Failure to direct on prior acquittals
  5. › Whether direction required in absence of evidence of acquittals being before jury
  6. › Whether failure to formulate proposed direction fatal to ground of appeal

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