R v Haines [2001] NSWCCA 111

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Haines [2001] NSWCCA 111 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60272/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 March 2001

PARTIES : Regina v Jade Andrew Haines JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J at 1; Barr J at 40

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/31/0164 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Kinchington DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : W.L. Robinson QC (Crown) T.J. Golding (Applicant) SOLICITORS : S.E. O'Connor (Crown) D.J. Humphreys (Applicant)

LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act R v Ehrenburg (unreported, NSWCCA, 14 December 1990) Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606 CASES CITED: Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 71 ALJR 875 R v Diamond (unreported, NSWCCA, 18 February 1993) R v Reardon (1996) 89 A Crim R 180 DECISION : Appeal allowed

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL

60272/00

STUDDERT J BARR J

Friday 30 March 2001

REGINA v JADE ANDREW HAINES

JUDGMENT

1 STUDDERT J: Jade Andrew Haines pleaded guilty before his Honour Judge Kinchington QC to two charges of robbery in company, one charge of stealing from the person and one charge of cultivating a prohibited plant. The judge imposed sentences as follows:

- for the two offences of robbery in company, sentences of five years six months to be served concurrently, with a minimum term of two years six months to commence on 7 March 2000;