NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 121 A Crim R 302
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : REGINA v. PONT [2000] NSWCCA 419 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA No. 60819 of 1999 HEARING DATE(S) : Monday 7 August 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 October 2000
PARTIES : REGINA v. PONT, Keith Edgar JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Wood CJ at CL at 2; Greg James J at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/21/1204 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Gibb, DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Crown: P. Hock Resp: S.R. Norrish QC/E. Kelly SOLICITORS : Crown: S.E. O'Connor Resp: Astley Thompson & Valtas CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - appeal - inadequacy of sentence - Crown appeal - jurisdiction of appeal court - respondent's prior record - offence a breach of trust - periodic detention - whether excessively lenient - pattern of sentences for fraud offences - potential guidelines - discretion to dismiss Crown appeals. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Griffiths (1997) 137 CLR 293 Everett (1994) 181 CLR 295 Barbara (CCA, unreported 24 February 1997) Histollo v. National Parks & Wildlife Service (CCA, unreported 10 December 1998) Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209 Hayes (1987) 29 A. Crim. R. 452 Cranssen (1936) 55 CLR 509 Morrow [1999] NSWCCA 64 Holder (1983) 3 NSWLR 245 Allpass (1994) 72 A. Crim. R. 561 Haughton [2000] NSWCCA 62 Kalache [2000] NSWCCA 2 Webster [1999] NSWCCA 313 Warfield (1994) 34 NSWLR 2000 Morris (CCA, unreported 10 March 1989) Macdonald (CCA, unreported 12 October 1998) Veen (No. 2) (1988-89) 164 CLR 465 Durauz (CCA, unreported 11 April 1991) CASES CITED: Pangallo (CCA, unreported 20 February 1992) Hallocoglu (1992) 29 NSWLR 67 Burnett (1996) 85 A. Crim. R. 76 O'Keefe (1992) 60 A. Crim. R. 201 Shrestha (1991) 173 CLR 48 El Rashid (CCA, unreported 7 April 1995) Pantano (1990) 49 A. Crim. R. 328 Corbett (1991) 52 A. Crim. R. 112 Kermali (CCA, unreported 6 July 1994) Mille (CCA, unreported 1 May 1998) Chaloner (1990) 49 A. Crim. R. 370 Jalalaty (CCA, unreported 2 April 1997) Hawkins (1989) 45 A. Crim. R. 430 Phelan (1993) 66 A. Crim. R. 446 Falzon (CCA, unreported 20 February 1992) McKechnie (CCA, unreported 1 October 1987) Debroun (CCA, unreported 12 December 1991) Smith [2000] NSWCCA 140 Cole (CCA, unreported 10 May 1974) Kelvin [2000] NSWCCA 190 DECISION : Appeal dismissed
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