R v AB [No 2] [2000] NSWCCA 467

Reported Decision : [2000] 117 A Crim R 473

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v AB [No 2] [2000] NSWCCA 467 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60716/96 HEARING DATE(S) : 05/10/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 December 2000

PARTIES : Regina v AB JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; O'Keefe J at 2; Barr J at 62

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 96/11/0564 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Freeman DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Crown: T Buddin SC Appellant: PR Boulten SOLICITORS : Crown: SE O'Connor Appellant: Greg Walsh & Co CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - sentencing - commission of offences volunteered - extradition rights waived - pleas of guilty - appropriate discount for utilitarian value - Criminal law - sentencing - sexual offences committed by teaching brother on young pupils LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 6(3) Extradition Act 1988 (Commonwealth) s 42 AB v The Queen (1999) 198 CLR 111 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 CDJ v VAJ (1998-1999) 197 CLR 172 R v Davies (1978) 68 Cr App R 319 R v Foster (1992) 25 NSWLR 732 R v Gallagher (1989) 44 A Crim R 256 R v Gallagher (1991) 23 NSWLR 220 The Queen v Golding (1980) 24 SASR 161 R v Hayes (1981) 3 A Crim R 286 CASES CITED: House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 R v Itamua [2000] NSWCCA 502 R v Lowe (1977) 66 Cr App R 122 Lowndes v The Queen (1998-1999) 195 CLR 665 R v Many (1990) 51 A Crim R 54 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko Wallsend Limited (1985-1986) 162 CLR 24 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Perez-Vargas (1986) 8 NSWLR 559 R v Ridsdale (1995) 78 A Crim R 486 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309 R v Williscroft [1975] VR 292 DECISION : See para 101