R v Neville Luck and R v Leon Amadio [2000] NSWCCA 119

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Neville Luck and R v Leon Amadio [2000] NSWCCA 119 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60551 of 1998; 60600 of 1998 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 March 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 April 2000

PARTIES : Regina v Neville John Luck Regina v Leon John Amadio JUDGMENT OF : Ireland J at 37; Hidden J at 38; Carruthers AJ at 1

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 96/51/0033 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Ducker D.C.J. OFFICER :

P. Byrne S.C. for the Appellant Luck COUNSEL : D. Stewart for the Appellant Amadio C. Maxwell Q.C. for the Crown SOLICITORS : Ross Hill & Associates for the Appellants S.E. O'Connor for the Crown CATCHWORDS : Sentence appeals - Maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent - Whether sufficient weight given to subjective circumstances - Common ground that sentences were in the uppper range for the offence. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900, s 33(1), s 61. CASES CITED: R v Bloomfield (1998) 44 NSWLR 734 DECISION : (Ireland J and Carruthers A.J., Hidden J dissenting) In each case, application for leave to appeal granted and appeal dismissed.

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL

CCA60551/98 CCA60600/98 IRELAND J HIDDEN J CARRUTHERS AJ

12 APRIL 2000