NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 125 A Crim R 540
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : REGINA v. BOULGHOURGIAN (aka SIMONS) [2001] NSWCCA 460 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA No. 60211 of 2001 HEARING DATE(S) : Monday 19 November 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 November 2001
PARTIES : REGINA v. BOULGHOURGIAN, Jack (aka SIMONS, Jake) JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1/43; Sully J at 44; Greg James J at 2
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/11/0452; 00/11/0486 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Luland, DCJ. OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Crown: M. Allnutt App: W.C. Terracini, SC./G.A. Newton SOLICITORS : Crown: S.E. O'Connor App: W.H. Parsons & Associate CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - appeal against conviction and sentence - adequacy of directions as to "knowingly concerned" - directions suitable to issues at trial - verdicts not unreasonable nor unsupported by evidence - on sentence - trial judge followed sentening parameters prescribed in Wong & Leung (999) 108 A. Crim. R. 531 - that decision overruled in that respect by the High Court, but sentence inappropriate notwithstanding. LEGISLATION CITED : Customs Act 1901 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Gipp (1998) 155 ALR 15 Jones (1997) 191 CLR 439 M (1994) 181 CLR 487 Morris (1987) 163 CLR 454 CASES CITED: Wong & Leung (1999) 108 A. Crim. R. 531 Wong & Leung [2001] HCA 64 House (1936) 55 CLR 499 Astill (No. 2) (1992) 64 A. Crim. R. 289 Neal (1982) 149 CLR 305 DECISION : Leave to appeal against sentence granted; appeal dismissed.
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