R v Gorman [2002] NSWCCA 516

Reported Decision : 137 A Crim R 326

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Gorman [2002] NSWCCA 516 revised - 05/02/2003 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60426/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 October 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 December 2002

PARTIES : Regina Ronald Leslie Gorman JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Sperling J at 13; Carruthers AJ at 90

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/21/1151 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Viney DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : R Hulme SC for the Crown P Strickland for the Respondent SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor for the Director of Public Prosecutions D J Humphreys for the Respondent CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - sentencing - Crown appeal - principles applicable to senetncing for multiple offences - totality - extent to which "the one episode" may be a relevant consideration in principle - whether "the one episode" in this instance LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900, s61I, s61J Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 AEM [2002] NSWCCA 58 Bavara [2000] NSWCCA 292 Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 Fahda [1999] NSWCCA 267 CASES CITED: Hammoud (2000) 118 A Crim R 66 Israil [2002] NSWCCA 255 Mill (1988) 166 CLR 59 Pearce (1998) 194 CLR 610 Thomson & Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 DECISION : 1. Appeal allowed; 2. Sentence quashed; 3. Re-sentence the respondent as follows: (a) Count 1: A term of imprisonment of 5 years, commencing on 10 August 2001, with a non-parole period of two years and six months commencing on 10 August 2001 expiring on 9 February 2004; (b) Count 2: A term of imprisonment of 5 years, commencing on 10 August 2001, with a non-parole period of two years and six months commencing on 10 August 2001 expiring on 9 February 2004; (c) Count 3: A term of imprisonment of six years commencing on 10 August 2003, with a non-parole period of three years commencing on 10 August 2003 and expiring on 9 February 2006, that being the earliest date on which the respondent will be eligible to be released on parole.