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Director of Public Prosecutions v Paulino

Case [2017] VCC 397

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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions v Paulino [2017] VCC 397
Case: [2017] VCC 397
Decision Date: 21 March 2017

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Director of Public Prosecutions v Paulino [2017] VCC 397

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R v Cerantonio (Ruling No 19) [2018] VSC 725

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Sultan (a pseudonym) v The King [2025] VSCA 171
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…hether the applicant’s defence at trial is at all tenable, it is far from being a routine evidentiary ruling. [9] DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 112, [10] (‘ Paulino ’).…
Alzuain v The King; Alzuain v The King; Alzuain v The King; Jalleh v The King; Montgomery v The King; Pryde v The King; Sianis v The King [2025] SASCA 67
Citation 2

…Queen (1992) 173 CLR 555; DPP (Cth) v Bayly (No 3) (1996) 89 A Crim R 542; DPP (Vic) v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109; DPP v (NSW) v Sullivan [2022] NSWCCA 183; Driscoll v The Queen (1977) 137 CLR 517; Dupas v The Queen (2010) 241 CLR 237; Edwards v State Trustees Ltd (2016) 54 VR 1; Edwards v The Queen (2021) 273 CLR 5…
Bloomfield (a pseudonym) v The King [2025] VSCA 98
Citation 3 (Para 3)

…tification, the legislature expressly distinguished challenges to evidentiary rulings from challenges to non‑evidentiary decisions.[52] [52](2017) 54 VR 109, 112 [8]; [2017] VSCA 38.…
Feng (a pseudonym) v The King [2025] VSCA 45
Citation 4 (Para 4)

…e of a fact in issue at the trial. [11] DPP v Wise [2016] VSCA 173, [68] (Warren CJ, Weinberg and Priest JJA) (‘ Wise ’); DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 124 [66] (Priest JA) (‘ Paulino ’). [12] Paulino , 124 [66]. [13] Washer v Western Australia (2007) 234 CLR 492, 498 [5] (Gleeson CJ, Heydon and Crennan JJ) (‘ Wa…
R v Geoffrey (a pseudonym) [2024] SASCA 40
Citation 5 (Para 8)

…ivesey P, David JA and Kimber AJA), where the new right of appeal was described as “important”. [4] See Director of Public Prosecutions v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, [7] (Weinberg JA, with whom Ferguson JA agreed); Harris Scarfe Ltd (In Liq) v Ernst & Young (No 2) [2005] SASC 168, [14] (Bleby J); McDonald v Attorney-…
Kane (a pseudonym) v The King; Moon (a pseudonym) v The King [2023] VSCA 305
Citation 6 (Para 2)

…rren CJ, Weinberg and Priest JJA); DPP v Martin (2016) 261 A Crim R 538, 558 [117] (Redlich, Weinberg and McLeish JJA); DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 119–20 [50] (Priest JA) (‘ Paulino ’). Cf Paulino , 112 [9] (Weinberg JA); Peterson (a pseudonym) v The Queen (2019) 57 VR 521, 523–4 [9] (Maxwell P and Taylor AJA)…
R v Marshall [2023] SASCA 105
Citation 7 (Para 25)

…ppeals against interlocutory decisions concerning matters of evidence, practice and procedure.[82] [82] See Director of Public Prosecutions v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, [7] (Weinberg JA, with whom Ferguson JA agreed); Harris Scarfe Ltd (In Liq) v Ernst & Young (No 2) [2005] SASC 168, [14] (Bleby J); McDonald v Attor…
Marston v The King [2022] VSCA 253
Citation 8 (Para 1)

…suitable vehicles with which to challenge routine evidentiary rulings. As Weinberg JA observed recently in Paulino :[2] [2][ DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 111–2 [7]–[10]]. See also MA v The Queen (2011) 31 VR 203, 207 [12] (Redlich, Weinberg and Bongiorno JJA). This Court has, on a number of occasions, referred…
Eduardo Chavez Gonzalez v The Queen [2022] VSCA 41
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…at issue. [22]See the definition of probative value in the Dictionary to the Evidence Act 2008 . See also DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 124 [65] (Priest JA).…
DPP v Pearson (a pseudonym) [2021] VSCA 336
Citation 10 (Para 1)

…that ‘if the evidence is ruled inadmissible, its exclusion could realistically be expected to affect the outcome of the trial’.[79] [79] Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 112 [10]; [2017] VSCA 38.…
The Queen v Aitken [2021] NTSC 93
Citation 11

…279; Lithgow City Council v Jackson (2011) 244 CLR 352, distinguished. Britt v Britt (2017) 56 Fam LR 526; Director of Public Prosecutions v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109; Director of Public Prosecutions v Wise [2016] VSCA 173; Evans v The Queen (2007) 235 CLR 521; Festa v The Queen (2001) 208 CLR 593; Harrington-Smith…
Dadley v R [2021] NSWCCA 267
Citation 12

…1995 (NSW) s 137 Cases Cited: Bussey v R [2020] NSWCCA 280 Director of Public Prosecutions v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109; [2017] VSCA 38 DPP v Wise [2016] VSCA 173 Gage v R [2021] NSWCCA 222 Ganiji v R [2019] NSWCCA 208 Jafary v R [2018] NSWCCA 243 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439; [1997] HCA 56 Keen v R (2020) 1…
Pringle v The Queen [2021] VSCA 89
Citation 13

…[18] DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 125 [67] (Priest JA) (citations as in original).…
Shahul Thasthahir v The Queen [2021] VSCA 62
Citation 14

…[11] DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109; [2017] VSCA 38, [97] (Priest JA).…
Cano (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2020] VSCA 308
Citation 15 (Para 1)

…on to review a refusal by a trial judge to certify is to be invoked ‘responsibly and sparingly’.[21] [20]Ibid 523 [9]. See also DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 112 [8]; [2017] VSCA 38 (Weinberg JA). [21] Peterson (2019) 57 VR 521, 524 [12], citing Frazier [2017] VSCA 370, [36].…
Volpe v The Queen [2020] VSCA 268
Citation 16 (Para 1)

…As to the assessment of relevance, it is convenient to repeat what was said in Paulino :[12] [12] DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 124–5 [64]–[67] (‘ Paulino ’) (citations as in original).…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Glen Jacobs (a pseudonym)[1] [2020] VSCA 266
Citation 17

…eave to appeal refused – Mraz v The Queen [No 2] (1956) 96 CLR 62, The Queen v Storey (1978) 140 CLR 364, DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, Peterson (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2019] VSCA 12, applied – Criminal Procedure Act 2009 ss 295 and 296.…
Luciana Anderton (a pseudonym)[1] v The Queen [2019] VSCA 280
Citation 18 (Para 1)

…tractably neutral. I consider that they are irrelevant to the principal fact in issue.[32] [32] Evidence Act 2008 , ss 55 and 56. See DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 124–5 [64]–[67] (Priest JA).…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Rubio Peters (a pseudonym)[1] [2019] VSCA 193
Citation 19

…[11]Section 137 contemplates, however, that no element of discretion accompanies the judicial exercise for which it provides. See DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 132 [101]; DPP v Wise [2016] VSCA 173, [50]; IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300, 306 [16] (French CJ, Kiefel, Bell and Keane JJ).…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Denis Mariona (a pseudonym)[1] [2019] VSCA 107
Citation 20 (Para 1)

…in a criminal proceeding is one that bears on an element (or elements) of a charged offence.[27] [25]Section 55(1) of the Act. See DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 124–5 [66]–[67] (Priest JA) (‘ Paulino ’). [26]Section 56(1) of the Act. [27] Murdoch (a pseudonym) v The Queen (2013) 40 VR 451, 468-9 [76] (Priest JA)…
R v Wannouch [2019] VSCA 97
Citation 21

…n another unrecovered suitcase brought to Australia – Evidence not admissible – Evidence Act 2008 ss 55(1), 56(1) – DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109 applied.…
DPP v Madina [2019] VSCA 73
Citation 22 (Para 1)

…the present application.[37] [37]Counsel cited House , 505; MA v The Queen [2011] VSCA 13; Harris v The Queen [2017] VSCA 316; Paulino v The Queen (2017) 54 VR 109; DPP v DJC (2012) 36 VR 33; McCartney v The Queen (2012) 38 VR 1; KJM v The Queen (No 2) (2011) 33 VR 11; and DAO v The Queen (2011) 81 NSWLR 568.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v James Weaver (a pseudonym)[1] [2019] VSCA 26
Citation 23

…of evidence would substantially weaken the prosecution case – Application for leave to appeal – Application dismissed – DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109 applied.…
Peterson (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2019] VSCA 12
Citation 24 (Para 1)

…ells [No 2] ’); CGL v DPP [No 2] (2010) 24 VR 482, 483 [5] (‘ CGL [No 2] ’); (2015) 45 VR 276, 284 [26] (‘ Pace ’); DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 111–112 [7] (Weinberg JA) (‘ Paulino ’); Harris (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 316 [56]. [3] Frazier (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 370 [31] (‘ Frazier ’)…
Director of Public Prosecutions v KT (Ruling 1) [2025] VSC 397
Citation 25 (Para 1)

…here is other evidence available that addresses the same fact in issue. The prosecution are entitled to lead all relevant evidence. [7] DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 114 [19] (Weinberg JA). [8] Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) s 55(2)(a) (‘the Act’).…
Nathan v Macquarie Leasing; Fox v Westpac (No 2) [2024] VSC 643
Citation 26

…[1] DPP v Wise [2016] VSCA 173; DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, [64]–[67]; Danny Volpe v The Queen [2020] VSCA 268, [37].…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Tan (Ruling No 1) [2023] VSC 296
Citation 27 (Para 1)

…t in the context of the acts alleged and matters in dispute. Common sense must be used when deciding questions of relevance.[5] [5] DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, 114 [19]; [2017] VSCA 38, [19] (Weinberg JA).…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Folau (Ruling No 3) [2022] VSC 48
Citation 28 (Para 1)

…of a fact in issue in the proceeding. This definition directs attention to the capacity rather than the weight of the evidence.[1] [1] DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, [66]-[67].…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Folau (Ruling No 2) [2022] VSC 47
Citation 29 (Para 1)

…fair to the accused within the meaning of s 90 of the Act or that it should otherwise be excluded pursuant to s 137 of the Act. [1] DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109, [66]-[67] [2] Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) ss 81-82; Haddara v The Queen [2014] VSCA 100, [125].…
Xianzhu v Chen (No 2) [2020] VSC 621
Citation 30

…[22](2017) 54 VR 109.…
R v Cerantonio (Ruling No 19) [2018] VSC 725
Citation 31

…[27] DPP v Paulino (2017) 54 VR 109.…

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