Khouzame v The Queen [2001] FCA 354

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Khouzame v The Queen [2001] FCA 354

SENTENCING – general principles of sentencing – matters to which a Court shall have regard – whether sentence was manifestly excessive – whether due weight given to age, prior convictions and plea – whether due regard paid to the availability of a periodic detention order – whether too much weight given to general deterrence – whether too little weight given to need for rehabilitation – where appellant did not give evidence - consideration of cumulative sentences.

Crimes Act 1900 (ACT) Firearms Act 1996 (ACT) Periodic Detention Act 1995 (ACT) Queen v Hayes [1984] 1 NSWLR 740 cited House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 followed The Queen v Tait and Bartley (1979) 46 FLR 386 followed Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665 followed Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 175 ALR 315 (HCA) followed R v Dodd (1991) 57 A Crim R 349 followed The Queen v Griggs (1999) 167 ALR 673 followed The Attorney-General (SA) v Tichy (1982) 30 SASR 84 followed Thomas' Principles of Sentencing, 2nd ed

ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

NICHOLAS KHOUZAME V THE QUEEN NO. A 61 OF 2000 BEAUMONT ACJ, MILES and GYLES JJ 3 MAY 2001 CANBERRA

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY DISTRICT REGISTRY A 61 OF 2000

ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

BETWEEN: NICHOLAS KHOUZAME

APPELLANT

AND: THE QUEEN

RESPONDENT

JUDGES: BEAUMONT ACJ, MILES and GYLES JJ

DATE OF ORDER: 3 MAY 2001

WHERE MADE: CANBERRA

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The appeal be allowed in part. 2. So much of the sentence that fixed a non-parole period of three years be set aside, and in lieu thereof a non-parole period of two years be fixed. 3. The appeal otherwise be dismissed.