REGINA v HENRY BARBER TRAN SILVER TSOUKATOS KYROGLOU JENKINS [1999] NSWCCA 111

Reported Decision : 46 NSWLR 346 106 A Crim R 149

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : REGINA v HENRY BARBER TRAN SILVER TSOUKATOS KYROGLOU JENKINS [1999] NSWCCA 111 revised - 18/05/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60559/98; 60558/98; 60561/98; 60746/98; 60596/98; 60595/98; 60511/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 18/03/99-19/03/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 May 1999

Paul Anthony HENRY Stephen Anthony BARBER Hoai Vinh TRAN PARTIES : Troy David SILVER Theo TSOUKATOS Bill KYROGLOU John David JENKINS JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Wood CJ at CL at 213; Newman J at 278; Hulme J at 279; Simpson J at 332

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/31/0416; 98/31/0291; 98/31/0275; 98/21/2020; 98/31/0368; 98/21/0135; 98/21/0136; 98/61/0001 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Johnston ADCJ, Sides DCJ, Prowse ADCJ, Cantrill ADCJ

P J D Hamill (Henry) J S Stratton (Barber) P Byrne SC (Tran) COUNSEL : P M Strickland (Silver) S J Odgers (Tsoukatos) S J Odgers (Kyroglou) T L Buddin SC (Jenkins) P G Berman (Crown) Rummery Stewart (Henry) T A Murphy (Barber) T A Murphy (Tran) SOLICITORS : T A Murphy (Silver) Konstan Lawyers (Tsoukatos) Konstan Lawyers (Kyroglou) T A Murphy (Jenkins) R Gray (Crown) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW; sentencing; guideline judgment; appropriateness of promulgating guidelines; increased incidence of offence; inconsistency and systematic leniency; appropriateness of custodial sentence; common type of offence; starting point or sentencing range; role of drug addiction in sentencing exercise; CRIMINAL LAW; evidence; use of crime statistics; use of new material in sentencing appeal; "evidence" s12 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s29A Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW); CRIMINAL LAW; particular offences; armed robbery; s97(1) and s97(2) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Criminal Code 1899 (QLD) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) ACTS CITED : Criminal Procedure Amendment (Sentencing Guidelines) Act 1998 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1925 (SA) Sentencing Act 1989 (NSW) Sentencing Act 1995 (WA) Statutes Amendment (Truth in Sentencing) Act 1994 (SA) DECISION :