NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v Holden [2001] NSWCCA 214 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60039/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 11/05/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 May 2001
PARTIES : Regina v Christopher James Holden JUDGMENT OF : Carruthers AJ at 1; Badgery-Parker AJ at 2
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/31/0241 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Job J OFFICER :
COUNSEL : W L Robinson QC (Crown) P J D Hamill (Applicant) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Crown) D K Humphreys (Applicant) CATCHWORDS : Criminal law- sentence- not manifestly excessive- sentencer not obliged to specify the degree of reduction of penalty attributable to each subjective circumstance- and should not do so- multiple offences - separate assessment of criminality required (R v Itamua, Pearce v The Queen applies)- accumulation of sentences as a "special circumstance"- principle of totality. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1914 (Commonwealth) R v Thawaites (unreported, NSWCCA 6 October 1993); R v Flemming (1999) NSWCCA 142; R v PPB (1999) NSWCCA 360, unreported; CASES CITED: Pearce v The Queen (1999) 198 CLR 111 R v Thompson and Houlton (2000) NSWCCA 502 AB v The Queen (1999) CLR 111 R v Itamua (2000) NSWCCA 502 DECISION : Grant leave to appeal; uphold the appeal and quash the sentences imposed in District Court; new sentence imposed.
IN THE COURT OF
CRIMINAL APPEAL
CARRUTHERS AJ BADGERY-PARKER AJ
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