R v Archer [2021] NSWSC 1485

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Archer [2021] NSWSC 1485 Hearing dates: 28 October 2021 Date of orders: 18 November 2021 Decision date: 18 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: Sentenced to a term of imprisonment for 19 years and 6 months, with a non-parole period of 13 years and 6 months Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – murder – sentence after trial – single stab wound – assessment of objective criminality – unplanned attack – no intention to kill – where offender armed with knife – deterrence – offender motivated by anger – blamed victim for theft of property – where offender previously convicted of wound with intent – relevance of criminal history – mitigating factors – where based on history provided by offender – offender unreliable and self-serving historian – hearsay evidence not accepted on balance – facilitation of the course of justice – small reduction in sentence Legislation Cited: Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) s 4 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) s 25C Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 3A, 21A, 22A, 23, 23A, 44, 54A Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 4(2) Cases Cited: Adegoke v R [2013] NSWCCA 193; (2013) 234 A Crim R 280 Apps v R [2006] NSWCCA 290 Devaney v R [2012] NSWCCA 285 Droudis v R [2020] NSWCCA 322; (2020) 103 NSWLR 806 Ghamraoui v R [2009] NSWCCA 111 Hoare v The Queen [1989] HCA 33; (1989) 167 CLR 348 Higgins v R [2020] NSWCCA 169 Khudadadi v R [2021] NSWCCA 259 R v Brooks (No.5) [2017] NSWSC 824 R v Do (No. 4) [2015] NSWSC 512 R v Halloun [2014] NSWSC 1705 R v Hines (No 3) [2014] NSWSC 1273 R v Johnson [2015] NSWSC 31 R v M.A.K; R v M.S.K. [2006] NSWCCA 381; (2006) 167 A Crim R 159 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242; (2006) 66 NSWLR 566 R v Ruttley (No 7) [2017] NSWSC 1582 R v Spinks [2021] NSWSC 649 R v Sumpton (No. 4) [2015] NSWSC 684 R v Wood [2014] NSWCCA 184; (2014) 244 A Crim R 501 Sumpton v R [2016] NSWCCA 162 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Van Der Baan v R [2012] NSWCCA 5 Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Versluys v R [2014] NSWCCA 98 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina Richard Archer Representation: Counsel: G Harrison (Regina) T Anderson SC (Archer)