REGINA v BAVIN [2001] NSWCCA 167

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v BAVIN [2001] NSWCCA 167 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60698/00; 60115/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 April 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 April 2001

PARTIES : Regina Marc Bavin JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1, 78; Wood CJ at CL at 76; Greg James J at 77

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/11/0590 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Bellear DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M C Marien (Crown) Paul Byrne SC / W G Roser (Appellant/Respondent in Crown Appeal) S E O'Connor (Crown) SOLICITORS : Maurice May & Co (Appellant/Respondent in Crown Appeal) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - armed robbery - kidnapping - whether convictions unreasonable or could not be supported having regard to the evidence or whether a miscarriage of justice occurred. CRIMINAL LAW - Crown appeal - armed robbery - whether sentence manifestly inadequate - parity of sentencing with co-offender - whether conduct of Crown in sentencing proceedings of co-offender relevant - whether court should exercise discretion not to intervene despite manifest inadequacy of sentence. Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 R v Alpass (1994) 72 A Crim R 561 Fleming v The Queen (1998) 197 CLR 250 Gipp v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 106 CASES CITED: Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 487 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 R v Diamond (NSWCCA, 18 February 1993, unreported) R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Steele (NSWCCA, 17 April 1997, unreported) DECISION : 1. Appeal against conviction dismissed; 2. Orders of Bellear DCJ varied, Appellant to be released at the expiry of the non-parole period of 2 years; 3. Crown Appeal against sentence dismissed.