NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 141 A Crim R 56
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v Robert John Strong [2003] NSWCCA 123 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 December 2002; 14 March 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 May 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Sully J at 1; Dunford J at 106; Buddin J at 107 DECISION : As to substantive sentences; Leave to appeal against both sentences granted; both sentences passed in District Court quashed; applicant re-sentenced as per para 105 (3); As to the Habitual Criminal Act proceedings; Application for leave to appeal against Habitual Criminals Act pronouncement granted; appeal against such pronouncement dismissed; application for leave to appeal against sentence passed pursuant to that pronouncement granted; appeal against such sentence allowed - that the sentence be quashed and applicant re-sentenced to imprisonment for 8 years to commence on 4 October 2000 and to expire on 3 October 2008
Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW) Habitual Criminals Act 1957 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Inebriates Act 1912 (NSW) Veen No. 2 v The Queen (1988) 164 CLR 465 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Reg v Perese [2001] NSWCCA 478 Wilkins v Reg (1988) A Crim R 445 Reg v Spiero (1979) 22 SASR 543 Reg v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 Reg v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 Reg v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Watson v The Superintendent, Metropolitan Reception Centre (1971) 1 NSWLR 67 R v Malcolm (1908) 8 SR (NSW) 6 CASES CITED : Ex Parte Bowen (1917) 34 WN (NSW) 41 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 R v Riley (1973) 2 NSWLR 107 R v Fahey [1954] VLR 460 McGarry v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 121 R v Griffen (1969) 90 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 548 R v McLean (2001) 121 A Crim R 484 R v Leete (2001) 125 A Crim R 37 R v Pamplin [2001] NSWCCA 327 Histollo Pty Ltd v Director-General National Parks and Wildlife Service (1998) 45 NSWLR 661 R v Cameron (2002) 187 ALR 65 R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300 PARTIES : Regina Robert John Strong FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60145/01; 60475/01 COUNSEL : P. E. Barrett - Crown D. A. Buchanan SC/G. A. Bashir - Appellant SOLICITORS : S. E. O'Connor - Crown D. J. Humphreys - Appellant
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