Regina v Vukic [2003] NSWCCA 13

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Vukic [2003] NSWCCA 13 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 December 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 February 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1; Smart AJ at 2 DECISION : See para 75

CATCHWORDS : Aggravated dangerous driving causing death - bad case but not worst type of case, need for consistency in sentencing - sentence imposed out of kilter with pattern of sentencing. American Law Review 5:1Codes and the Arrangement of the Law (1870) Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Justices Act 1902 Attorney General v Bindoff (1953) 53 SR (NSW) Griffiths v The Queen (1977) 137 CLR Nydam v The Queen [1977] VR 430 R v Black CCA (unrep) 23/7/98 R v Buttsworth [1983] 1 NSWLR R v Cousins [2002] NSWCCA 81 R v Hanlon [2000] NSWCCA 55 R v Hawkins [2002] NSWCCA 380 R v Hill CCA (unrep) 4/12/98 R v Jaworowski (1999) 108 A Crim R R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR R v Kalanj 98 A Crim R 505 CASES CITED : R v Kalati [2001] NSWCCA 268 R v Khan [2000] NSWCCA 454 R v McDonald CCA (unrep) 12/10/98 R v McKinney [1999] NSWCCA 51 R v Rayner [2002] NSWCCA 309 R v Reeves (1997) CCA 380 R v Sen [1999] NSWCCA 199 R v Tadman [2001] NSWCCA 225 R v Thomson & Houlton 2000 49 NSWLR 383 R v Whyte [2002] 343 R v Woodward [2001]NSWCCA 90 The Queen v de Simoni (1981) 147 CLR Wong & Leung v The Queen (2002) 76 ALJR PARTIES : Regina v Joshua Barry Vukic FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60459/02 COUNSEL : (A) P M Strickland (C) E A Wilkins SOLICITORS : (A) Kennedys - The Law Firm (C) S E O'Connor