R v Finnie [2002] NSWCCA 533

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Finnie [2002] NSWCCA 533 revised - 4/03/2003 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60437/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 December 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 December 2002

PARTIES : Sydney Thomas Finnie (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 85; Dunford J at 1; Howie J at 81

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court 97/11/0208 LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/11/0784 99/11/0054 99/11/1995 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Coorey DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P Power SC (Crown) R Bonnici / S Kluss (Respondent) SOLICITORS : SE O'Connor (Solicitor for Public Prosecutions) Ross Hill & Associates (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - Crown appeal - fraud - multiple offences - four separate indictments - pleas of guilty during trial on one indictment - antecedent criminal record - additional matters taken into account - sentences on some indictments suspended during parole periods on other indictments - whether permissible - pre-sentence custody referable to other offences not relevant - necessity for discrete sentences for each offence - totality - part accumulation of sentences - whether sentences manifestly inadequate LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912, ss 5D, 6(3) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss 12(2), 24, 43, 47 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Director-General of the Department of Fair Trading v Finnie & ors R v Edigarov (2001) 125 A Crim R 551 R v SAE (CCA - unreported - 3 April 1997) CASES CITED: R v McHugh (1985) 1 NSWLR 588 R v Hammoud [2000] NSWCCA 540 R v Doresett [2002] NSWCCA 326 R v Barton [2001] NSWCCA 63, 121 A Crim R 185 R v Bavadra [2000] NSWCCA 292, 115 A Crim R 152 Veen v The Queen (no 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 DECISION : Crown appeal allowed; respondent resentenced.