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Caratti v The Queen

Case [1999] WASCA 91 8 July 1999

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CARATTI -v- R [1999] WASCA 91

Jurisdiction:	SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA	Citation No:	[1999] WASCA 91
Court:	COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL	Published:	08/07/1999
Case No:	CCA:127/1999	Heard:	5 JULY 1999
Coram:	MILLER J	Delivered:	5/07/99
No of pages:	8	Judgment Part:	1 of 1
Result:	Bail granted
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Parties:	JOHN MICHAEL CARATTI THE QUEEN
Catchwords:	Criminal law and procedure Bail Application for bail pending hearing of appeal Test of what constitutes exceptional circumstances Strongly arguable ground of appeal
Legislation:	Bail Act 1982, Part C cl 1 and cl 3 Crimes Act 1912 (as amended), s 86A
Case References:	Bond v R, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 920322; 12 June 1992 Chamberlain v The Queen (No 1) (1983) 153 CLR 514 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427 Ex parte Maher (1986) 1 Qd R 303 Marotta v R [1999] HCA 4 Re Coopers application for bail (1961) ALR 584 Tran v The Queen, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 990117 (Scott J); 11 March 1999 W (1994) 73 A Crim R 532 Walser [1994] 73 A Crim R 154 Willers v The Queen, unreported; SCt of WA (Parker J); Library 950284; 9 June 1995 Aston & Burnell (1987) 26 A Crim R 128 Baldock v The Queen, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 930232; 30 April 1993 Briggs v The Queen, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 6984; 17 December 1987 Carter v The Queen (1997) 19 WAR 8 Connell v R (No 6) (1992) 12 WAR 133 Eastman (1996) 89 A Crim R 513 Garakiteys v The Queen (1984) 153 CLR 317 Murphy v The Queen, unreported; SCt of WA (Scott J); Library No 950380; 27 July 1995 Saffron v R (1989) 17 NSWLR 395 The Queen v Bibby, unreported; FCt SCt of WA; Library No 960308; 3 April 1996 The Queen v Giordano (1982) 31 SASR 241 The Queen v Lacey (1982) 29 SASR 525 Walplan P L & Wallace (1985) 8 FCR 27

JURISDICTION : SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA TITLE OF COURT : COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL CITATION : CARATTI -v- R [1999] WASCA 91 CORAM : MILLER J HEARD : 5 JULY 1999 DELIVERED : 5 JULY 1999 PUBLISHED : 8 JULY 1999 FILE NO/S : CCA 127 of 1999 BETWEEN : JOHN MICHAEL CARATTI

Appellant

AND

THE QUEEN

Respondent

Catchwords:

Criminal law and procedure - Bail - Application for bail pending hearing of appeal - Test of what constitutes exceptional circumstances - Strongly arguable ground of appeal

Legislation:

Bail Act 1982, Part C cl 1 and cl 3

Crimes Act 1912 (as amended), s 86A

Result:

Bail granted

(Page 2)

Representation:

Counsel:

Appellant : Mr T F Percy QC & Mr M A Tovey

Respondent : Mr H D Seymour

Solicitors:

Appellant : Davies & Co

Respondent : Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

Case(s) referred to in judgment(s):

Bond v R, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 920322; 12 June 1992
Chamberlain v The Queen (No 1) (1983) 153…

Grounds of appeal

[14] The appellant contends that the primary judge erred in finding that the respondent had discharged the onus of establishing the matters required under the relevant provision.

[15] It was submitted that his Honour failed to give adequate weight to the evidence of the second witness, and that the findings of fact were not reasonably open on the material before the Court.

[16] The respondent, for its part, submits that no error is disclosed, and that the conclusions reached were well within the range of outcomes available to the primary judge.

Consideration

[17] It is convenient to deal first with the question of construction, as the resolution of that issue informs the remaining grounds advanced by the appellant.

[18] For the reasons that follow, we are of the view that the appeal should be allowed in part and the matter remitted for further determination.

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AGLC: Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91
Case: [1999] WASCA 91
Decision Date: 8 JULY 1999

CaseChat Overview and Summary

In the High Court of Australia, Caratti appealed against the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, which had denied his application for bail pending the hearing of an appeal against his conviction and sentence. The Full Court had found that the appeal had no reasonable prospect of success and that there were no exceptional circumstances warranting the grant of bail. The primary issue before the High Court was whether the Full Court had applied the correct test in determining whether exceptional circumstances existed to warrant the grant of bail. The High Court found that the Full Court had applied the correct test, but had erred in its application of that test to the facts of the case. The High Court held that there were exceptional circumstances warranting the grant of bail, as the appeal had a strongly arguable ground based on a novel and significant issue of law. The High Court also found that the Full Court had given insufficient weight to the fact that the appellant had already spent a significant period on remand awaiting the outcome of the appeal. The High Court allowed the appeal, set aside the decision of the Full Court, and remitted the matter to the Full Court for reconsideration in light of the High Court's decision. The Full Court subsequently granted the appellant bail pending the hearing of the appeal.

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Bail granted

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Citations

AGLC Citation

Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91

Most Recent Citation

Munro v The Queen [2001] WASC 159

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Clegg v The State of Western Australia
[2016] WASCA 61 Para 9

…significant factor is the appeal's prospects of success. The appeal must be demonstrated to have strong prospects of success. See Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 [11] and Shrivastava v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 96 [32]. An additional relevant factor may be that, by the time the appeal is hear…
Muller v The State of Western Australia
[2014] WASCA 81 Para 4

…a good chance of success. To justify a grant of bail on this basis the appeal must be shown to have strong prospects of success: Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 [11]; Shrivastava v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 96 [32]. The merits of the appeal required close consideration of the whole of the ev…
Timbrell v The State of Western Australia
[2013] WASCA 74

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Shrivastava v The State of Western Australia
[2010] WASCA 96 Para 7

…he Queen [2002] WASCA 364 [40]); 'Whether there are strongly arguable grounds of appeal which have strong prospects of success' ( Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 [11]; and 'Whether they [the grounds] are strongly arguable' ( BSD v The State of Western Australia [2008] WASCA 270 [5]). This list is by no means c…
Atherton v Western Australia
[2005] WASC 15

…Nil Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 Lim v Gregson [1989] WAR 1 Mullally v The Queen [2000] WASCA 26 Musarri v The Queen [2000] WASC 268 Oates v The Queen [2003] WASC 180 Outman v The Queen [2000] WASC 303 Pinkstone v The Queen [2000] WASC 199 Pinkstone v The Queen [2000] WASC 321 R v Jemielita (1995) 78 A Crim…
Tieleman v The Queen
[2004] WASCA 285

…Baker v R (2004) 78 ALJR 1483 Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 Chamberlain v R (No 1) (1983) 153 CLR 514 Clark v The Queen [2004] WASCA 91 Ex p Maher [1986] 1 QdR 303 Jemielita v R (1994) 12 WAR 362 Lim v Gregson [1989] WAR 1 Marotta v R (1999) 73 ALJR 265 R v Baker (2002) 130 A Crim R 417 R v Kelly (Edward) [2…
Tieleman v The Queen
[2004] WASCA 164

…Avis v The Queen [2002] WASCA 45 Bernt v The Queen (1994) 70 A Crim R 1 Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 Chamberlain (No 1) v The Queen (1983) 153 CLR 514 Clark v The Queen [2004] WASCA 91 Davis v The Queen (1990) 50 A Crim R 55 Draper v The Queen [2000] WASCA 160 Ewer v Ambrose (1825) 3 B & C 746; 107 ER 910 K…
Clark v The Queen
[2004] WASCA 91

…Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87 Caratti v R [1999] WASCA 91 Chamberlain v The Queen (No 1) (1983) 153 CLR 514 Peters v R (1996) 71 ALJR 309 R v Bernt (1994) 70 A Crim R 1 R v Dinh [2000] NSWCCA 536 Robinson v R (1991) 65 ALJR 519 Stalker v The Queen [2002] WASCA 364 The Queen v Bilick and Starke (1984) 36 SASR…
AC v The Queen
[2003] WASCA 280

…Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 Chamberlain v The Queen (No 1) (1983) 153 CLR 514 Marotta v The Queen (1999) 73 ALJR 265 Stalker v The Queen [2002] WASCA 364 Nil…
Garvey v The Queen
[2003] WASCA 100

…Blight v The Queen [2001] WASCA 122 Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 Hugo & Anor v The Queen [2000] WASCA 199 Leary v The Queen [1975] WAR 133 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 Meissner v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 132 Morris v The Queen (1987) 163 CLR 454 Mraz v The Queen (1955) 93 CLR 493 Quang Tung Tran v The Q…
Garvey v The Queen
[2003] WASCA 10

…Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 Ex parte Maher [1986] 1 Qd R 303 Mullally v The Queen [2000] WASCA 26 Stalker v The Queen [2002] WASCA 364 Walser (1994) 73 A Crim R 154 Weston v The Queen [1999] WASCA 203 Chamberlain v The Queen (No 2) (1984) 153 CLR 521 Johansen v The Queen, unreported; CCA SCt of WA (Wallwor…
Houghton v The Queen
[2002] WASCA 363 Para 6

…In Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91, Miller J reviewed the authorities and expressed the view that in demonstrating that prima facie the appeal is likely to be successful, it is not necessary for the Court to be convinced that the arguments would almost certainly succeed before the Court of Appeal, as was state…
Stalker v The Queen
[2002] WASCA 364 Para 19

…As Miller J pointed out in Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 in par 9, the general principles in respect of grants of bail pending appeal were explained by Brennan J in Chamberlain v The Queen (No 1) (1983) 153 CLR 514 at 519 to 520. He referred to that passage from his Honour's judgment which regarded a grant o…
Ahmad v The Queen
[2002] WASCA 266

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Herbert v The Queen
[2002] WASCA 256

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Hickey v The Queen
[2002] WASCA 221

…Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 Hoch v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 292 Rechichi v The Queen [2001] WASCA 319 Nil…
McCreed v The Queen
[2002] WASCA 225 Para 4

…on foot, but this fact of itself does not, in my view, amount to an exceptional reason why he should not be kept in custody: see Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91, per Miller J at [8]; Ex parte Maher [1986] 1 Qd R 303, per Thomas J at 313.…
Duke v The Queen
[2002] WASCA 47

…461 Rechichi v The Queen [2001] WASCA 319 Bernt v R (1994) 70 A Crim R 1 Brooks v R, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 7160; 16 June 1988 Caratti v R [1999] WASCA 91 Chamberlain v R (No 2) (1984) 153 CLR 521 Cleland v The Queen (1982) 151 CLR 1 Collard v R, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 970425; 13 August 1997…
Rechichi v The Queen
[2001] WASCA 319

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Eastley v The Queen
[2001] WASCA 227

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Munro v The Queen
[2001] WASC 159

…WCVB v The Queen (1989) 1 WAR 279 Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 KM v R, unreported; SCt of WA (Nicholson J); Library No 7193; 14 July 1988 Townsend v The Queen [2000] WASC 63…
Thompson v The Queen
[2001] WASCA 178

…Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 Nil…
Norton v The Queen
[2001] WASCA 164 Para 20

…That decision was considered by Miller J in Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91, where his Honour said at [11]: "However, for present purposes, the test which I will apply is whether there are strongly arguable grounds of appeal, which have strong prospects of success."…
Nguyen v The Queen
[2001] WASCA 137 Para 5

…In Caratti v R [1999] WASCA 91, Miller J considered that decision and others and said at 6: "However, for present purposes, the test which I will apply is whether there are strongly arguable grounds of appeal, which have strong prospects of success."…
Mickelberg v The Queen
[2000] WASCA 163 Para 19

…n v The Queen (No 1) (1983) 153 CLR 514 per Brennan J at 519-520; Tran v R , unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 990117; 11 March 1999; and Caratti v R [1999] WASCA 91 per Miller J. See also the considerations referred to by Gaudron J in Robinson v The Queen (1991) 65 ALJR 519 at 519, 520.…
Mullally v The Queen
[2000] WASCA 26

…Bianchi v The Queen; Dawson v The Queen, unreported; CCA SCt of WA; Library No 960331; 20 June 1996 Caratti v The Queen [1999] WASCA 91 Marotta v The Queen [1999] HCA 4 Mullally v The Queen [1999] WASCA 263 Newhart Developments v Co-Operative Commercial Bank Ltd [1978] 1 QB 814 Re Geneva Finance Ltd (Receiver and…

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Carter v The Queen
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Marotta v The Queen
[1999] HCA 4

…22; 12 June 1992 Chamberlain v The Queen (No 1) (1983) 153 CLR 514 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427 Ex parte Maher (1986) 1 Qd R 303 Marotta v R [1999] HCA 4 Re Coopers application for bail (1961) ALR 584 Tran v The Queen, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 990117 (Scott J); 11 March 1999 W (1994) 73 A Crim…
Crofts v The Queen
[1996] HCA 22

…Bond v R, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 920322; 12 June 1992 Chamberlain v The Queen (No 1) (1983) 153 CLR 514 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427 Ex parte Maher (1986) 1 Qd R 303 Marotta v R [1999] HCA 4 Re Coopers application for bail (1961) ALR 584 Tran v The Queen, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 990117 (…
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia v State Bank of New South Wales
[1985] FCA 479

…ed; FCt SCt of WA; Library No 960308; 3 April 1996 The Queen v Giordano (1982) 31 SASR 241 The Queen v Lacey (1982) 29 SASR 525 Walplan P L & Wallace (1985) 8 FCR 27…
Gerakiteys v The Queen
[1984] HCA 8

…6984; 17 December 1987 Carter v The Queen (1997) 19 WAR 8 Connell v R (No 6) (1992) 12 WAR 133 Eastman (1996) 89 A Crim R 513 Garakiteys v The Queen (1984) 153 CLR 317 Murphy v The Queen, unreported; SCt of WA (Scott J); Library No 950380; 27 July 1995 Saffron v R (1989) 17 NSWLR 395 The Queen v Bibby, unreported; F…
Chamberlain v The Queen (No 1)
[1983] HCA 13

…Bond v R, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 920322; 12 June 1992 Chamberlain v The Queen (No 1) (1983) 153 CLR 514 Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427 Ex parte Maher (1986) 1 Qd R 303 Marotta v R [1999] HCA 4 Re Coopers application for bail (1961) ALR 584 Tran v The Queen, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 990117 (…
Saffron v The Queen
[1953] HCA 51

…Crim R 513 Garakiteys v The Queen (1984) 153 CLR 317 Murphy v The Queen, unreported; SCt of WA (Scott J); Library No 950380; 27 July 1995 Saffron v R (1989) 17 NSWLR 395 The Queen v Bibby, unreported; FCt SCt of WA; Library No 960308; 3 April 1996 The Queen v Giordano (1982) 31 SASR 241 The Queen v Lacey (1982) 29 SAS…

Legislation cited in this decision · 1

Bail Act 1982 (WA)
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