R v HARRISON [2001] NSWCCA 79

Reported Decision : 121 A Crim R 380

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v HARRISON [2001] NSWCCA 79 revised - 28/03/2001 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60703/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 March 2001

PARTIES : Regina Leonie Maree Harrison JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Sperling J at 58; Carruthers AJ at 59

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/41/2000 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Moore DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M Grogan (Crown) A C Haesler (Respondent) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Crown) D J Humphreys (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Sentencing - Crown appeal - - Break enter and steal - Receiving - Error of law in sentencing at first instance due to imposition of a global sentence for different offences - Sentence manifestly lenient - Crimes Act 1900, ss 112(1) and 189 Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Sentencing Procedure Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Cacciola (1998) 104 ACrimR 178 R v Cooper (NSWCCA, 13 July 1998, unreported) R v Douglas (1998) 29 MVR 316 R v DWD (NSWCCA, 2 March 1998, unreported) R v Eldridge (NSWCCA, 22April 1998, unreported) R v Field (NSWCCA, 2 May 1996, unreported) R v Galway (1998) 103 ACrimR 35 R v Gitt (NSWCCA, 18 May 1998, unreported) R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 CASES CITED: R v Hood (NSWCCA, 9 July 1997, unreported) R v Horne [1999] NSWCCA 391 R v Khamas (1999) 108 ACrimR 499 R v King [2001] NSWCCA 18 R v L (NSWCCA, 17 June 1996, unreported) R v Lilley (2000) 111 ACrimR 468 R v Mastronardi (2000) 111 ACrimR 306 R v Osenkowski (1982) 30 SASR 212 R v Ponfield (1999) 48 NSWLR 327 R v Taylor [2000] NSWCCA 442 R v Webster [1999] NSWCCA 313 R v Yerkovic [2000] NSWCCA 281 DECISION : 1. Appeal allowed; 2. Sentence below quashed; 3. Respondent sentenced to imprisonment for 3 years with a non-parole period of 18 months, commencing on 20 October 2000 for offences under s112(1) Crimes Act 1900; 4. Respondent sentenced to a fixed term of 18 months imprisonment, commencing on 20 October 2000 for offences under s189 Crimes Act 1900