Court of Criminal Appeal

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The Court of Criminal Appeal is the highest criminal appellate court in New South Wales, responsible for hearing appeals against criminal convictions and sentences.

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Court of Criminal Appeal canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court of record ⓘ
criminal appellate court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NSW Court of Criminal Appeal ⓘ
appealTo High Court of Australia (by special leave) ⓘ
bindingOn District Court of New South Wales ⓘ
Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ
single judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
canDetermine questions of law reserved from criminal trials ⓘ
canGrant leave to appeal in certain matters ⓘ
canIssue precedent binding on lower New South Wales courts ⓘ
canOrder new criminal trial ⓘ
canQuash criminal convictions ⓘ
canSubstitute different sentence within lawful range ⓘ
canVary criminal sentences ⓘ
compositionIncludes Chief Justice of New South Wales ⓘ
judges of appeal ⓘ
other judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
courtType appellate court ⓘ
linked to: appellate division
decidesOn appeals against criminal convictions ⓘ
appeals against criminal sentences ⓘ
establishedBy New South Wales legislation ⓘ
governs appeals under the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act and related statutes ⓘ
handles Crown appeals against sentence ⓘ
convicted person appeals against conviction ⓘ
convicted person appeals against sentence ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver indictable criminal matters in New South Wales ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom District Court of New South Wales ⓘ
Supreme Court of New South Wales (trial division) ⓘ
highestJurisdictionLevel highest criminal appellate court in New South Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction New South Wales ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea criminal law ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location Sydney ⓘ
maySitAs five-judge bench in significant cases ⓘ
partOf Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
regionServed State of New South Wales ⓘ
linked to: New South Wales
reviews errors of fact in criminal trials ⓘ
errors of law in criminal trials ⓘ
sitsAt Law Courts Building, Queens Square, Sydney ⓘ
standardOfReview whether there has been a miscarriage of justice ⓘ
state New South Wales ⓘ
subjectMatter serious criminal offences ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy High Court of Australia ⓘ
typicalPanelSize three judges ⓘ

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Supreme Court of New South Wales → hasDivision → Court of Criminal Appeal ⓘ