NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v John Steven DAWSON [2000] NSWCCA 433 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60684/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 18/2/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 February 2000
PARTIES : Crown Dawson, John Steven JUDGMENT OF : Ireland AJ at 1; Hulme J at 38; Smart AJ at 40
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/11/0341 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Hosking DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Crown - D C Frearson Respondent - PJD Hamill SOLICITORS : Crown - S E O'Connor Respondent - Brenda Duchen CATCHWORDS : Crown Appeal - s5D(1) Criminal Appeal Act - Serious offences in contravention of S 111(3) Crimes Act (max. penalty 20 yrs) - Multiple offences contrary to S 178BA (dishonsestly obtain money) - Question whether 2 yrs penal servitude to be served by periodic detention is manifestly inadequate - Respondent at crossroads of life having made impressive efforts to turn his life around - In exercise of discretion appeal against lenient sentence dismissed. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 R v Rushby (1997) NSWLR 594 Veen v Queen (No 1) 143 CLR 458 R v DOdd (1991) 57 A Crim 349 @ 354 R v Radich [1954] NZLR 86 R v Martin (unreported - NSWCCA - 19.3.92) CASES CITED: R v Gordon (1994) 71 A Crim R 459 @ 469 R v McHugh (1985) 1 NSWLR 588 R v SAE (unreported - NSWCCA - 3.4.97) R v Qi (unreported - NSWCCA - 22.6.98) R v Todd (1982) 2 NSWLR 517 @ 519-520 R v Ozenkowski (1982) 5 A Crim R 594) DECISION : Crown appeal dismissed
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