Regina v Carlos Gonzalez; Regina v Francisco Javier Gonzalez [2002] NSWCCA 287

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Carlos Gonzalez; Regina v Francisco Javier Gonzalez [2002] NSWCCA 287 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60758/01; 60759/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 June 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 July 2002

PARTIES : Regina v Carlos Gonzalez; Regina v Francisco Javier Gonzalez JUDGMENT OF : Smart AJ at 1; Blanch AJ at 51

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/21/3228 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Coleman DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : (A) D N Stewart (C) L M B Lampratti SOLICITORS : (A) Ross Hill & Associates (C) S E O'Connor CATCHWORDS : Sentencing - Multiple armed robberies in a brief period - sentences not adequately reflecting subjective features and especially totality R v Antecki [2001] NSWCCA 312 R v Fleming [1999] NSWCCA 142 CASES CITED: R v RLS [2000] NSWCCA 175 R v Lay [2000] NSWCCA 30 R v SD [2000] NSWCCA 43 Rv Uasi [1993] NSWCCA 306 DECISION : See Paras 49 and 50.

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 60758/01 60759/01 SMART AJ BLANCH AJ

Friday, 19 July 2002 REGINA V CARLOS GONZALEZ REGINA v FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZALEZ

JUDGMENT 1. SMART AJ: Carlos Gonzalez and his elder brother Francisco Javier Gonzalez each seek leave to appeal against sentences of imprisonment imposed upon them in respect of 20 counts of robbery while armed with an offensive weapon and one count of assault with intent to rob being armed with an offensive weapon (Count 20). Details of the sentences imposed are as follows: Count Period Sentence

1-11 18 Feb 2001 to On each count fixed term 6 March 2001 of 3 years from 26 March 20 23 March 2001 2001 to 25 March 2004