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New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : REGINA v. WEBSTER [1999] NSWCCA 313 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60330 of 1999 HEARING DATE(S) : Monday 27 September 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 September 1999
PARTIES : REGINA v. WEBSTER, Patrick John JUDGMENT OF : Grove J at 55; Sully J at 57; Greg James J at 1
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/11/0172 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Moore, DCJ.
COUNSEL : Crown: M.M. Cunneen Resp: S. Odgers SOLICITORS : Crown: S.E. O'Connor Resp: Trevor Nyman & Co. CATCHWORDS : Armed robbery - Crown appeal against inadequacy of sentence - minimum term disproportionately short - rehabilitation to be weighed with objective considerations including personal and general deterrence - minimum term to reflect period in custody objective circumstances require be served - effect of guideline judgment in Henry & Ors - necessity for sentencing judges to accept and apply principles. ACTS CITED : Justices Act Community Welfare Services Act (Vic) Henry & Ors [1999] NSWCCA 111 Atonio [1999] NSWCCA 266 Vu (CCA, unreported 11 September 1993) Bugmy (1990) 169 CLR 525 Power (1974) 131 CLR 623 Deakin (1984) 58 ALJR 367 Paivinen (1985) 158 CLR 489 CASES CITED: Watt (1988) 165 CLR 474 Attorney-General at Law v. Morgan & Morgan (1980) 7 A. Crim. R. 146 Henry & Barber [1999] NSWCCA 107 Morrissey (CCA, unreported 15 July 1994) McDonald (CCA, unreported 12 October 1998) Govinden [1999] NSWCCA 118 Lattouf (CCA, unreported 12 December 1996) Osenkowski (1982) 25 A. Cr. 3794 Shrestha (1991) 173 CLR 48 DECISION : Appeal allowed
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