Regina v Doan [2000] NSWCCA 317

Reported Decision : [2000] 50 NSWLR 115 [2000] 115 A Crim R 497

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Doan [2000] NSWCCA 317 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60161/99 HEARING DATE(S) : Tuesday 8 August 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 August 2000

PARTIES : Regina v Luong Doan JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Grove J at 2; Kirby J at 54

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/61/0198 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Freeman DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P. Berman (Crown) S.J. Odgers (Applicant) SOLICITORS : S.E. O'Connor (Crown) D.J. Humphreys (Applicant) CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law and Procedure - Sentence - Parity Between Co-offender - Indictable Offences Dealt With Summarily in Local Court - Relevance of Jurisdictional Maximum of Local Court - Co-offenders Dealt With in Different Courts Correctional Centres Act 1952 Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Sentencing Act 1989 Canino v Venning 1993 66 A Crim R 92 Freeman v Harris 1980 VR 267 Freeman v Pulford 1988 92 FLR 122 Hansford v His Honour Judge Neesham 1995 2 VR 253 Higgins v Fricker 1992 63 A Crim R 475 Kumantjara v Harris 1992 109 FLR 400 Lowe v The Queen 1984 154 CLR 606 Maynard v O'Brien 1991 105 FLR 58 Sultan v Svikart 1989 96 FLLR 457 R v Capper 1993 69 A Crim R 64 CASES CITED: R v Carrion (2000) NSWCCA 191 R v Crombie (1999) NSWCCA 297 R v Dalton-Morgan unreported CCA 14 Dec 1989 R v Diamond unreported CCA 18 Feb 1993 R v Doyle 1987 30 A Crim R 1 R v Miller 1989 44 A Crim R 185 R v Moses Bo Too unreported CCA 16 July 1992 R v Sanford 1994 72 A Crim R 160 R v Smith unreported CCA 11 Sept 1991 R v Stroud 1977 65 Cr App R 150 R v Young unreported CCA 27 Oct 1993 DECISION : Appeal Allowed