R v Bolt [2001] NSWCCA 487

Reported Decision : 126 A Crim R 284

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Bolt [2001] NSWCCA 487 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60643/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 27/11/2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 December 2001

PARTIES : Regina Dallas Clint Nhummet Bolt JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Dowd J at 3; Greg James J at 54

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 70030/01 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Hidden J OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr RA Hulme- Crown Mr AC Haesler- Respondent SOLICITORS : SE O'Connor- Crown Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation Legal Service- Respondent CATCHWORDS : Crown appeal on inadequacy of sentence - Manslaughter - Provocation - Intention to kill - Re-sentencing Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Sentencing Act 1989 Bugmy v The Queen (1990) 47 A Cim R 433. Cranssen v The King (1936) 55 CLR 509. Everett v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 295. Griffiths v The Queen (1977) 137 CLR 293. Hill (1980) 3 A Crim R 397. Histollo Pty Limited v Director-General of National Parks & Wildlife Service (Unreported, NSWCCA, 10 December 1998). House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499. Kable v Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (1995) 36 NSWLR 374. R v Alexander (1994) 78 A Crim R 141. R v Allpass (1994) 72 A Crim R 561. R v Barbara (Unreported, NSWCCA, 24 February 1997). R v Duncombe [2001] NSWCCA 483. R v Geddes (1936) 36 SR (NSW) 554. R v Gilham (Unreported, Abadee J, 7 April 1995). R v Haughton [2000] NSWCCA 62. CASES CITED: R v Hayes (1987) 29 A Crim R 452. R v Hill (1980) 3 A Crim R 397. R v Holder (1983) 3 NSWLR 245. R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209. R v Kalache [2000] NSWCCA 2. R v Khan (Unreported, NSWCCA, 27 May 1996). R v Lattouf (Unreported, NSWCCA, 12 December 1996). R v Macdonald (Unreported, NSWCCA, 12 December 1995) R v Morrow [1999] NSWCCA 64. R v Pont [2000] NSWCCA 419. R v Schelberger (Unreported, NSWCCA, 2 June 1998). R v Troja (Unreported, NSWCCA, 16 July 1991). R v Warfield (1994) 34 NSWLR 200. R v Webster [1999] NSWCCA 313. R v Williscroft [1975] VR 292. R v Withers (1925) 25 SR 382. R v Wong; R v Leung [2001] HCA 64. DECISION : 1. By majority, sentence is quashed; 2. Conviction confirmed; 3. Total sentence of six years imprisonment imposed, from 17 September 2000 to expire 16 September 2006. Non-parole period of three years and six months fixed, to expire 16 March 2004; 4. The Court recommended that within the Corrective Services Classification System, the respondent is to retain his current custodial arrangements and classification for such period as may be appropriate, consistent with his progression through the process of rehabilitation within the Corrective Services system.