R v Slater [2001] NSWCCA 65

Reported Decision : 121 A Crim R 369

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Slater [2001] NSWCCA 65 revised - 23/03/2001 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60045/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 7/03/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 March 2001

PARTIES : Regina v Darren Alan Slater JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 42; Sperling J at 54; Carruthers AJ at 2

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : L97/016 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Sully J OFFICER :

COUNSEL : R. Burgess (Appellant) M. C. Marien (Crown) SOLICITORS : D. J. Humphreys (Appellant) S. E. O'Connor (Crown) CATCHWORDS : Appeal - Severity - conviction for murder by youthful offender - a worst category of case but not requiring a sentence for the term of the offender's natural life - sentencing Judge misinformed as to the period served in protective custody - appellant to be re-sentenced on the basis that he will serve virtually the whole sentence in protective custody. Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Sentencing Act 1989 R v Barry [2000] NSW CCA 138 R v Boreland, NSW CCA 2 August 1994, Unreported R v GDP (1991) 53 A Crim R 112 R v Gieselman, NSW CCA 13 July 1998, Unreported R v Hearne [2001] NSW CCA 37 R v Herring, NSW CCA 24 November 1998, Unreported R v Lees [1999] NSW CCA 301 CASES CITED: R v Lett, NSW CCA 23 June 1998, Unreported R v Maiden (1999) NSW SC 311 R v Previtera (1997) A Crim R 76 R v Short [2000] NSW CCA 462 R v Stephens [1999] NSW CCA 80 R v Tran [1999] NSW CCA 109 R v Twala, NSW CCA 4 November 1994, Unreported R v Websdale (2000) NSW SC 636 R v White NSW CCA 23 June 1998, Unreported DECISION : See paragraphs 40, 41.