Regina v Kay [2002] NSWCCA 286

Reported Decision : (2002) 132 A Crim R 72

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Kay [2002] NSWCCA 286 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60564/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 July 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 July 2002

PARTIES : Regina v Graham James Kay JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Dowd J at 2; Carruthers AJ at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 70084/97 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Justice Hulme OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Applicant - R.J. Button Crown - P.J. Power SOLICITORS : Applicant - D.J. Humphreys Crown - S.E. O'Connor CATCHWORDS : Sentencing - appeal against sentence - four counts of aggravated sexual assault - four related sexual offences on a form 1 - manner in which the Form 1 offences were to be taken into account discussed - calculation of the discount for the utilitarian benefit of pleas of guilty discussed - appropriate approach to the determination of special circumstances discussed - whether despite errors of law some other sentences were warranted in law pursuant to subs 6(3) of the Criminal Appeal Act, 1912 considered. Crimes Act 1900 ss 61J, 61K LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss 33, 48 Criminal Appeal Act 1912, subs 6(3) Director of Public Prosecutions v Ottewell [1970] AC 642 Ibbs v The Queen (1987) 163 CLR 447 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 103 A Crim R 372 Power v The Queen (1973) 131 CLR 623 R v AEM Snr & Ors [2002] NSWCCA 58 R v Costen (1989) 11 Cr App R (S) 182 R v Dawson (unreported, CCA, 19/5/98) R v Ellis (1986) 6 NSWLR 603 CASES CITED: R v Harris [2001] NSWCCA 322 R v Kalache [2000] NSWCCA 2 R v Radich (1954) NZLR 86 R v Sharma [2002] NSWCCA 142 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534 R v Stabler (1984) 6 Cr App R (S) 129 R v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Winchester (1992) 50 A Crim R 345 Veen v The Queen [No 2] (1988) 164 CLR 465 DECISION : Application for leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed.