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New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : Regina v McCaffrey; Regina v Rowsell [1999] NSWCCA 363 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60693/98; 60815/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 29 October 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 November 1999
PARTIES : Regina v Brian Andrew McCaffrey Regina v David Francis Rowsell JUDGMENT OF : Stein JA at 1; Hulme J at 41; Greg James J at 61
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/31/0177 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Howie DCJ
R.A.Hulme (Crown) COUNSEL : J.C. Nicholson SC/C Lyons (Applicant - McCaffrey) P.M. Skinner (Applicant - Rowsell) Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) SOLICITORS : Baker Ryrie Rickards Titmarsh (Applicant - McCaffrey) T A Murphy (Applicant - Rowsell) CATCHWORDS : INTENT TO MURDER - victim stabbed with knife, intent of co-offenders formed while under the influence of alcohol, cannabis and LSD; AGGRAVATING FEATURES - premeditation - motive - circumstances leading to the wounding; SENTENCING - whether sentence manifestly excessive - disparity of sentences between co-offenders - mitigating and subjective features - treatment of issue of intoxication Crimes Act 1900; s 27 ACTS CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912; s 5(1)(c) Criminal Procedure Act 1986; s 21 R v Visconti (1982) 2 NSWLR 104 R v Bloomfield (1998) 44 NSWLR 734 CASES CITED: R v Lane (1990) 48 A Crim R 161 R v De Simone (1991) 147 CLR 383 AB v R [1999] HCA 46 DECISION : See orders at paragraphs 39 and 40
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
No. 60693/98 No. 60815/98 STEIN JA HULME J GREG JAMES J Tuesday, 23 November 1999
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