R v Centofanti & Schaeffer [2001] NSWCCA 107

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Centofanti & Schaeffer [2001] NSWCCA 107 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60186/90 (Centofanti); 60190/00 (Schaeffer) HEARING DATE(S) : 26 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 March 2001

PARTIES : Regina v Peter Karl Centofanti & Douglas Allen Schaeffer JUDGMENT OF : Greg James J at 42; Smart AJ at 1

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/71/0005 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Freeman DCJ OFFICER :

C Lyons (Centofanti) COUNSEL : R Burgess (Schaeffer) P Berman (Crown) D J Humphreys (Centofanti) SOLICITORS : David Giddy & Associates (Schaeffer) S E O'Connor (Crown) CATCHWORDS : Sentencing - armed robbery of the most serious kind - parity and the principle of totality LEGISLATION CITED : Nil CASES CITED: R v Henry (1998-9) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Itamua (2000) NSWCCA 502 DECISION : Schaeffer - Leave to appeal against sentence granted, appeal dismissed; Centofanti - Leave to appeal against sentence granted. Appeal allowed; sentence quashed. In lieu of the sentence imposed upon Centofanti he is sentenced to imprisonment for 6 years commencing 30 November 1999 with a non-parole period of 3 years commencing on that date and ending 29 November 2002.

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL

60186/00 60190/00 GREG JAMES J SMART AJ Monday, 26 March 2001 REGINA v PETER KARL CENTOFANTI REGINA v DOUGLAS ALLEN SCHAEFFER JUDGMENT 1 SMART AJ : Each of the applicants seeks leave to appeal against the severity of the sentences imposed upon him in the District Court consequent upon pleas of guilty.