NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 123 A Crim R 213
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v Hameed [2001] NSWCCA 287 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60391/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 July 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 August 2001
PARTIES : Regina Syed Tareq Hameed JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J at 1; Sperling J at 7
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/11/0312 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Howie DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : D M Woodburne for the Crown T A Game SC with M Buscombe for the Applicant SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor for the Director of Public Prosecutions Murphy's Lawyers Inc. for the Applicant CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - sentencing - combined discount for early plea of guilty and for assistance to the authorities - whether sentence after such discount excessive - whether strength of Crown case relevant to utilitarian value of plea - whether strengthening of Crown case by assistance to the authorities relevant to the plea as evidence of contrition - ambit of "special circumstances" - dismissal of appeal against sentence on ground that the Court would not impose a lesser sentence if applicant were resentenced Crimes Act 1900, s442B Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, s23, s44 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s5, s6 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, s25, s33 Sentencing Act 1989, s5 Astill (No 2) (1992) 64 A Crim R 289 Bruce [2000] NSWCCA 39 Chan [1999] NSWCCA 103 Chu (NSWCCA, 16 October 1998, unreported) Dang (NSWCCA, 7 November 1997, unreported) GDR (1994) 35 NSWLR 376 Giurgis [2000] NSWCCA 129 Griffiths (1989) 167 CLR 372 Kenworthy (NSW CCA, 3 August 1995, unreported) Lewis (1998) 100 A Crim R 361 McDonald (NSW CCA, 12 October 1998, unreported) CASES CITED: McLear (NSWCCA, 1 September 1992, unreported) Moffatt (NSW CCA, 21 June 1994, unreported) Moffit (1990) 20 NSWLR 114 Morrissey (NSW CCA, 15 July 1994, unreported) Olbrich (NSWCCA, 6 July 1998, unreported) Phelan (1993) 66 A Crim R 446 PPB [1999] NSWCCA 36 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSW CCA 309; 49 NSWLR 383 S [2000] NSWCCA 13; (2000) 111 A Crim R 225 Sellen (1991) 57 A Crim R 313 Stone (1995) 85 A Crim R 436 Traicioni (1990) 49 A Crim R 417 DECISION : (1) Grant leave to appeal; (2) Appeal dismissed.
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