REGINA v J C W [2000] NSWCCA 209

Reported Decision : [2000] 112 A Crim R 466

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v J C W [2000] NSWCCA 209 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60534/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 21/03/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 June 2000

PARTIES : Regina J C W JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Ireland J at 70; Simpson J at 132

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/21/1091 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Gibson DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P Byrne SC / M Marty (Applicant) D C Frearson (Crown) SOLICITORS : T A Murphy (Applicant) S E O'Connor (Crown) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - representative counts - CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - sentence not manifestly excessive Crimes Act 1900 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992 Queensland Criminal Code Sentencing Act 1989 Attorney-General for New South Wales v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd (1951-1952) 85 CLR 23 Kingswell v The Queen (1985) 159 CLR 264 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 The Queen v Austin (1985) 121 LSJS 181 The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 The Queen v Reiner (1974) 8 SASR 102 R v Bettridge (Supreme Court of Queensland, Court of Appeal, 27 May 1998, unreported) R v D; R v Dales [1996] 1 Qd R 363; (1995) 80 A Crim R 50 R v DJT [1999] NSWCCA 22 R v Fisher (1989) 40 A Crim R 442 R v Godfrey (1993) 69 A Crim R 318 R v Gray [1977] VR 225 R v GWE (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, 12 March 1997, unreported) CASES CITED: R v H (1980) 3 A Crim R 53 R v H (1994) 74 A Crim R 41 R v Holyoak (1995) 82 A Crim R 502 R v Hile (Supreme Court of Queensland, Court of Appeal, 5 February 1999, unreported) R v Hudson (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, 30 July 1998, unreported) R v Kidd; R v Canavan [1998] 1 WLR 604; [1998] 1 Cr App R 79 R v Martin (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Court of Criminal Appeal, 27 March 1995, unreported) R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 73 ALJR 1550; (1999) 166 ALR 330 R v SBL [1999] 1 VR 706 R v Wackerow [1998] 1 Qd R 198; (1996) 90 A Crim R 297 R v Wright (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Criminal Appeal, 13 May 1974, unreported) R v Zahra [1998] SASC 7010 Rodway v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 515 Siganto v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 656 DECISION : 1 That time in which the appeal may be brought be enlarged and the appeal allowed; 2 That the sentences imposed on 14 August 1997 be quashed; 3 In lieu thereof, the Applicant be sentenced on Count 1 to imprisonment for ten years commencing on 8 August 1997 with a non-parole period of eight years, and on Count 2 to imprisonment for four years to be served concurrenly with the sentence in Count 1; The offender will be eligible for parole on 8 August 2005