ATTORNEY GENERAL'S APPLICATION UNDER s37 OF THE CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 NO 2 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 515

Reported Decision : 137 A Crim R 196

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : ATTORNEY GENERAL'S APPLICATION UNDER s37 OF THE CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 NO 2 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 515 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA AG 002/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 November 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 December 2002

Applicant: Attorney General Intervenor: Director of Public Prosecutions PARTIES : Intervenor: Senior Public Defender Intervenor: Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Wood CJ at CL at 65; Grove J at 66; Sully J at 67; James J at 68

Applicant: R Cogswell SC / M Buscombe / J Quilter Intervenor: Director of Public Prosecutions, COUNSEL : LMB Lamprati Intervenor: Senior Public Defender, PR Zahra SC / D Yehia Intervenor: Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation, J Stratton Applicant: IV Knight SOLICITORS : Intervenor: Director of Public Prosecutions, SE O'Connor CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - application for guideline judgment - "assault police" - whether appropriate to promulgate guideline - where offence encompasses wide range of offending behaviour - where no history of crown appeals - Crimes Act 1900, s 60(1). Crimes Act 1900 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Amendment (Police and Other Law Enforcement Officers) Act 2002 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Standard Minimum Sentencing) Act 2002 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Attorney General's Application No 1 under s26 of the Criminal Procedure Act R v Ponfield (1999) 48 NSWLR 327 Bull v Tuckey (1986) 40 SASR 321 Dhu v Ward [2000] WASCA Farmer v R (unreported, WACCA, 16 February 1994) Police v Cadd (1997) 69 SASR 150 R v Kevin Gary Crump (unreported, NSWCCA, 7 February 1975) R v Doan (2000) 50 NSWLR 115 R v Edigarov (2002) 125 A Crim R 551 CASES CITED: R v Hamilton (1993) 66 A Crim R 575 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209 R v Knight [2001] NSWCCA 334 R v Wayne Anthony Myers (unreported, NSWCCA, 13 February 1990) R v Whyte [2002] NSWCCA 343 R v Paris [2001] NSWCCA 83 R v Williams (unreported, QCA, 21 November 1997) R v Wotton, R v Byrne (unreported, QCA, 9 September 1999) Wong v The Queen (2001) 76 ALJR 79 DECISION : Application refused.