Regina v Miles [2002] NSWCCA 276

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Miles [2002] NSWCCA 276 revised - 24/07/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60102/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 May 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 July 2002

PARTIES : Regina v Daniel Leslie Miles JUDGMENT OF : Stein JA at 1; Bergin J at 61; Carruthers AJ at 88

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 70087/00 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Justice Hidden OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Crown - C. Maxwell QC / P.G. Ingram Respondent - P. Bodor QC SOLICITORS : Crown - S.E. O'Connor Respondent - Brezniak Neil-Smith & Co CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - offences against the person - murder - sentencing - Crown appeal against manifest inadequacy - respondent pleaded guilty to murder committed after escaping from custody whilst serving a determinate sentence for a prior murder - whether the case was one calling for a life sentence in terms of s6(1) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - relevance of the comparison of the circumstances of the second murder to those of the first murder discussed - significance of the second murder having been committed whilst the respondent was an escapee discussed. Crimes Act 1900, ss 18, 19A, 310D LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, s 57(2), s 61, s61(1) Criminal Appeal Act s 5D Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321 Director of Public Prosecutions v Ottewell [1970] AC 642 Ibbs v The Queen (1987) 163 CLR 447 R v Allpass (1994) 72 A Crim R 561 R v Camilleri (unreported, NSWCCA, 8/11/90) R v Fernando (1997) 95 A Crim R 533 CASES CITED: R v Garforth (unreported, CCA, 23/5/94) R v Harris (2000) 50 NSWLR 409 R v Kalache [2000] NSWCCA 2 R v Robinson [2000] NSWCCA 182 R v Thomson [2000] 49 NSWLR 383 R v Twala (unreported, NSWCCA 4/11/94) R v Warfield (1994) 34 NSWLR 2000 Veen v The Queen [No 2] (1987-1988) 164 CLR 465 DECISION : By majority Bergin J, Carruthers AJ (Stein JA dissenting). Sentence by Hidden J quashed. In lieu thereof the respondent sentenced to imprisonment for life to date from 25 April 2005.